Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Rain
I have a business concept that I am researching, in between doing some freelance consulting work. Like all new business ideas, some people are very enthusiastic and others probably think I've lost my marbles. Many small businesses fail, and the risks are high. An added dimension is that I have a deep sense of God calling me in to this, but then I wonder if I'm making it up as I go along. I wonder if I can do it, I look at all the gaps in my abilities, and I question if God, that other voice in my head, is really just me after all.
This morning I went for my early morning bike ride with my neighbour. it was freezing and windy. A little way into the ride, a big drop of water landed right in the middle of my nose. I wondered what it could be, it was very large and there was only one. I thought - could this be rain? It seemed too random! There there was a second one. This one fell in my ear. Again I asked myself - could this be rain? It seemed more like a bird dropping than a rain dropping!
And then that "other" voice in my head said;
"When will you believe that it is going to rain? Only when it is raining? Is there no sign that you will believe?"
And I said;
"Yes I'm afraid so, I only believe it will rain when it is raining. Please forgive me."
And then it rained. Heavily.
Okay, I get it.
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Paul here on my google account. Great little story liz. I had the same thing once with a sparrow falling out of the sky and into someone's frontyard. It took that much for me to get the message about not a sparrow falling from the sky without God knowing about it. Have to write about it some time.
ReplyDeleteNice blogging Liz. Hope LizBiz is a big fizz.
Hey Paul you just have written about it! Thx for your comment, Liz
ReplyDeletehad to laugh at "and then it rained. Heavily." :-)
ReplyDeleteI have all the same questions Liz. I'm surrounded by rationalistic relativists and scientists, as well as pagans and goddess-worshippers. All of them are deeply worthy of respect. I hear all the stuff about the 'g' spot in the brain and how all spirituality springs from there, and I think "but that's such a non-rational, non-evidence-based conclusion/leap, to assume that it means all spirituality is a product of the brain." Something about the rational explanations doesn't cover my experience, and it's hard to explain what.
However I see people talking themselves into their own belief systems too and I utterly credit our ability as humans to do that. My experience with the Lightning Process has really shown how my belief in the world shapes my experience of it.
But when I really plumb my own depths I have a fundamental experience of "we are all one", and of connection on a level for which the only word we have atm is 'spiritual'. And I've had too many weird experiences (and you participated in one of them) that just don't fit the rational mould.
Looking forward to more from this blog. :-)
Lol! I have no idea why my id came up as that! It's Anne, btw.
ReplyDeleteHi Anne sorry to hear you are puzzled and confused lol!!! Agree that every viewpoint is worthy of respect and ive also experienced many things can't be explained. I guess I am writing this blog because sometimes I think the unexplained is too easily dismissed and a part of our humanity suffers. Thx for reading and commenting x Liz
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