Still small Voice
Still small Voice
The ninth step "promises" tell me that I will "intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle me." Sure enough, this intuition has come to pass. The catch is, I have to learn to accept it. To trust it. And my "thinking" mind conflicts and contradicts this Voice at every turn. I have relied, regretfully so, for so long on my thinking mind to rationalize (rational-lies) my way through life, that it's hard to fully trust this freshly unearthed intuition. Even though I can't recall a time I've been let down when following it.
Each weekday morning when I am either running or riding my bike, I exert the greatest of energies to make it past my sons bus stop before he is picked up. This morning as I turned my bike back into our neighborhood, I realized I was probably too late to catch him. But amidst this mild sadness, something told me to take a right turn down a side street which I never go down. That I might catch a glimpse of his bus as it drove by. Immediately my thinking mind chimed in exclaiming it was too late and in doing so, I would miss out on the extra mileage of my normal route. As I approached the side street, I just took it. About a block away there was my sons bus stopped picking up another group of kids. I was able to wave goodbye to him.
This is a relatively unremarkable story. But it really had a meaningful impact on how my day started. It filled my heart to know he was able to see me waving goodbye. And I wonder to myself what the balance of the day would be like if I exclusively followed that still small Voice.
It's one thing to "know" you should follow intuition. It's another entirely to trust and do so.
Each weekday morning when I am either running or riding my bike, I exert the greatest of energies to make it past my sons bus stop before he is picked up. This morning as I turned my bike back into our neighborhood, I realized I was probably too late to catch him. But amidst this mild sadness, something told me to take a right turn down a side street which I never go down. That I might catch a glimpse of his bus as it drove by. Immediately my thinking mind chimed in exclaiming it was too late and in doing so, I would miss out on the extra mileage of my normal route. As I approached the side street, I just took it. About a block away there was my sons bus stopped picking up another group of kids. I was able to wave goodbye to him.
This is a relatively unremarkable story. But it really had a meaningful impact on how my day started. It filled my heart to know he was able to see me waving goodbye. And I wonder to myself what the balance of the day would be like if I exclusively followed that still small Voice.
It's one thing to "know" you should follow intuition. It's another entirely to trust and do so.
Thanks for sharing Michael. Learning to trust that voice is difficult for this alcoholic but I love that phrase. It's the best description I have found for this Power greater than myself, with all the unnecessary parts stripped out.
Reminds me of a great book I once read:
Still Small Voice - An Introduction to Pastoral Counselling: Practical Introduction to Counselling in Pastoral and Other Settings (New Library of Pastoral Care): Amazon.co.uk: Michael Jacobs: 9780281046973: Books
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Reminds me of a great book I once read:
Still Small Voice - An Introduction to Pastoral Counselling: Practical Introduction to Counselling in Pastoral and Other Settings (New Library of Pastoral Care): Amazon.co.uk: Michael Jacobs: 9780281046973: Books
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