What I'm Reading to Kylee and Makenna - The Organic God

I posted a little over a month ago about reading The Organic God by Margaret Feinberg to Kylee and Makenna. We're still reading it and still enjoying it. We are on chapter 7, out of 10.

A few weeks back, I read this passage to them (which takes place on an airplane,)

"So where are you going?" I asked.

"I'm going to get my daughters," he replied.

His sobriety and seriousness was striking. My interest was piqued by the sense of urgency that surrounded him. I gently asked him to explain. After his divorce, his ex-wife took custody of his girls. She had recently become unable to care for them, and the situation had become abusive. He was on a mission to save and protect his children.

I sat in silence. An uninvited thought popped into my mind. You need to pray with him.

The thought was fueled by a surge of energy. I knew it was God-thought.

But I didn't respond. . . .

Reading this passage was déjà vuish, because the same thing had happened to me. Right away, I told Kylee and Makenna about my similar experience. They were along when it happened.

We were at Home Depot in Mishawaka late one night in fall of 2005. Other than us, the store was almost completely empty. We pushed our cart to the check out at the lumber-end of the store. The clerk was on the phone and it quickly became clear that her conversation was disturbing. We waited (and couldn't help but listen) for maybe a minute. When she got off the phone, she looked distressed and said something about being sorry and how it had been a rough evening. She even offered a vague detail about the problem she was going through.

I felt the surge of energy. I heard the uninvited thought, "Ask her if you can pray for her."

I ignored it. I ignored the voice of God.

The clerk crosses my mind from time to time. I wonder, did my disobedience cause her additional hardship or worse, hinder her journey toward having a relationship with the Living God?

I guess I can take comfort in Margaret Feinberg's later words, "More and more I'm learning that recognizing God's voice is a process complete with highs and lows, successes and mistakes."

I might add, "and obeying" after the word 'recognizing.'

My blog offers a clue that listening for God's voice is something I am intrigued by, I've mentioned it in at least four other blog posts now.

• Life Action Family Camp - Tuesday
  
  
• More Barbarian Way Thoughts
  
  
• Daily Time Alone with God
  
  
• 25 Random Things About Me