January 23, 2022

  • Voice-Activated Directions

    I've thought about the last few years, and what led me to decisions. For the most part, the voice inside my head, which I hesitate to call God (out of respect) but sometimes has felt spiritually discerned, has been right about most things. While I'm a Pentecostal Christian who believes that God can lead us by talking to us and giving us signs, I've been somewhat cautious about going too far into this realm. I still think it's extraordinarily easy to convince yourself that your own instincts and whispers are that of the Divine, or to mistake noise for signals. I also had a horrible situation here on Xanga years ago where I felt the voice inside me was trying to lead me to marry someone who was a pathological liar. I trusted my logic, thankfully, but it was an experience that left me shaken.

    However, I've been wondering what would happen if I do take the voice as truth. If I tell people things that the voice seems to lead me to, would I be ranting in the dark? Or, am I committing a greater fault, of not trusting my instincts and my feelings, of being so logical I'm not open to my own heart?

    It's a weird problem, but I'm curious: have you followed your own inner voice and/or what you felt your mind/God telling you for long periods of time, and what did it mean for your life?