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Post by Lin on Mar 7, 2009 18:51:22 GMT -5
How do you know when somethign is or is not God's will?
For me is is when it runs smoothly the way I am guiding it. ...then it is HIS will. If i hit roadblocks and friction...it is NOT his will.
A few years ago a young cousin died suddenly. She was 34. She left 3 kids. SHe had asked us if we'd raise her kids if anything every happened to her, btu she did not have it in writing. We talked abotu it and offered to the family. The kids didnot want to leave their town. We live abotu 30 min away in another state. We had quite a family uproar over it. We were threatened with all kinds of things. We finally jsut let it go....let the 5 year old go live with his dad, let the 12 eyar old live with her grandmother and let the 9 year old live with his aunt. They are still living those arrangements and doing fine. We had more room and more money to take care of them, but it jsut did nto work out that way.
So i jsut accepted it as God's will that we NOT take them in.
How do you know when things are God's will?
LIN
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Post by SunnyGirl on Mar 7, 2009 23:19:30 GMT -5
Great question Lin….
To me, part of recognizing God’s will is knowing I am walking in the right direction and can feel the deep inner Peace, that you get when you know you are right with Him. Not all my day to day decisions are crystal clear, but if I am doing the right thing and go to Him before I start making plans, I’m pretty confident I am doing the right thing.
Years ago, my son was in the hospital in a coma…. I spent the better part of 7 days praying for my son’s recovery. My husband went to the church to light a candle and had left…… I can remember praying over and over, THY WILL…. not my will! I had my hand over my sons and he moved his fingers. I knew my prayers had been answered…. GOD’S will and my will were one and the same.
"If God leads you to it, He will get you through it"... I believe that if we have faith and walk the walk on a daily basis, we can know that we are doing the right thing. Recognizing GOD'S WILL gets easier when we get to know him better and let HIM in to or daily lives.
Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl
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Post by Ron on Mar 8, 2009 3:11:58 GMT -5
"How do you know when somethign is or is not God's will?"
Think that question is a harder one to answer than, "How do I know if I am doing God's will?"
I can answer the second question easier than the first. On the second one I would pretty much agree with what Cherie wrote. And how I feel and my peace of mind will let me know if I am doing God's will.
As for the first. Well. God works in mysterious ways. I don't always understand why or how He does things. I usually don't analyze a lot of things that happens because all that does is confuses me more. I try to accept that He has a reason for what is going on. In one of the Hazelden's 24 Hours thought for today it says something like this, “Fret not your mind with the puzzles of the world that you do not understand. The answers my not appear to you until you have left this world behind.” That reading has made life a lot easier for me. I don’t have to know all the answers. All I have to do is trust.
Have a great day,
Ron
PS. I don't have Hazelden's 24 Hour a Day book at home but have a one at the office. I think the date of that reading is for December 3rd.
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Post by Lin on Mar 9, 2009 6:33:04 GMT -5
Thanks for two inciteful shares. I hoe to ehar from more on this one!
LIN
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Post by caressa on Mar 9, 2009 7:32:04 GMT -5
For me, when I turn my day over, I trust that I am walking in His will. For me, that is the program. If I take it back and come against a wall, I know. It is often the little things for me, going to Jackson Square and not seeing anyone I know or not connecting to anyone in the mall. At first it was just 12 Step Recovery people because I have gone to many fellowships in the city, but then there were the people from the YWCA, the people from bridge, the people from Housing, and it all made for that feeling of I am not alone. When I feel 'isolated' is a good indication of no spiritual connection to my Higher Power. It isn't about the chaos around me, it is the chaos within me. Why things happen, I don't know. Having had a brother who died at two and a mother at 40, I questioned this for many years, more importantly, I questioned why I was living! To my understanding, through the program, I have a purpose and I was chosen to be here. When I have completed my task, then it will be my time to go. When I look around, I feel truly blessed. I also think this is why it is suggested we have sponsors. Someone who can give an outside objective as to the direction our lives our taking. Self-will run riot is the nature of my disease. If something feels good, doesn't mean it is right. In fact, it just may be an indicator that it is time to move on or make changes. This weekend we had our Hamilton Bridge Tournament. I was at the hotel at noon, played bridge at one, went for dinner about six with ten other people, played bridge at 7:30 p.m. and got home at 11. I went back on Saturday at one and was home at five. I was so tired, and so fatigued that I turned down a dinner invitation from my partner. I told him I would take a raincheck because I felt too tired to eat. I also felt I was too out of it to make a good companion and the fatigue was so bad I didn't know if I could sit up to eat and the old fears of making a donkey of myself in public by dropping my fork, my food, etc. wouldn't allow me to go. When I am really tired the tremon disorder in my left hand gets really bad. When I walked into my apartment my son was frying perogies with onions for my supper. That was another reason I had turned down the other invitation, but if I hadn't been so tired, I would have gone. The food would keep or my son would have ate it all! I was so tired that when I went to cut my perogy, the plate landed on my lap and on the floor. Peas don't make for good eating with a tremon disorder. I don't know if it was God's will or not. I enjoyed the two days. I was with friends. I didn't have good results on Friday with Barb but I was playing with A and B players and best percentage was 50%, but my Bruce and I placed 3rd in our section with 56% on Saturday. The director of the club gave me a free game on Friday night to stay and play. Without that, I would have gone home. I had nothing planned for Sunday, so it was a complete down day and I felt brain dead. Was it God's will? I think so. I might have been a bit willful by staying Friday but I was able to go back on Saturday and do well, so that was a good sign. I was able to be responsible to my partner and didn't let him down. I didn't let myself down, I knew that I would be down for two or three days. It is raining here this morning and I had to cancel physio. It rained all weekend so that was another contributing factor. Tonight I am playing bridge again. Sparing for a guy who has gone on holidays and taking his place on Swiss Teams. Not my favorite thing, but said "yes" and although I regret it, because I didn't know the premier of Dancing with the Stars is on tonight, I will go to bridge. When I live in the day, and in the moment, turn that day over to my Higher Power, pray and mediate, I feel that I am walking in His Light. When things happen as a result of other people's decisions, then I turn those over to Him too. I just choose not to be victimized or play the martyr role in today. I have freedom of choice, and I can make another decision based on my Higher Power's direction. I try to practice self-care. What is good for me? Not in a selfish, self-centered way, but what is good for my health and well being. I can't give away what I don't have. I was drained yesterday and that is why I didn't post. I felt I had nothing left over to give. I needed to top me up before I could give to others. I never posted on my own sites either. I think I answer a few e-mails and talked on messenger only to say I could not stay on line. I was approached already today and had to say the same thing. beajo2.multiply.com/journal/item/54
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 16, 2017 21:40:50 GMT -5
My site is no more, but the not being able to be on the computer very often is a factor in today.
I find myself back there the last few days. Just not being able to be on my computer. I brought out my cards on Friday night, used a new angel deck and asked it if it was good to me to go to my meeting or stay home. It told me travel, which is a bit funny, because all I have to do is cross the street.
I have put my cards away for a while and don't bring them out much, but maybe this is a good sign that I need to go back to my cards and connect with my angels.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 17, 2019 16:41:21 GMT -5
Good question. How do you know God's Will for you?
I still meditate and ask to be shown. I as for the awareness I need to live my life according to His Divine Will. I still need that Good Orderly Direction in my life, one day at a time.
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