Comments on: Indecisive Discernment https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5677 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:05:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5677 In reply to Ceil.

I am sure my ego was in the way and I was hearing God clearly. He just needed to tell me one more time and certainly did. I have had times when I just wasn’t sure I was hearing God clearly but in hindsight this wasn’t one of the them. Yes you are right about being human. I need to be gentle with myself and offer grace to this fragile soul too. LOL

have a great week.

]]> By: Ceil https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5675 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:41:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5675 Hi Jean! I think I know why you went back and forth. It seems to me that when I hear a good opportunity, I wonder if that’s God knocking. You seemed to know through your discernment that the answer was ‘no’. But we’re human! Who’s to say it’s just the mood we’re in?
I’m glad that you can see how accurate your cat-filled gut is. What a blessing to know!
If you say the block is your ego, I believe you. But I wonder if that’s really it? Well, I guess it doesn’t matter, you made a wonderful choice. Thank you for sharing this struggle, I am reviewing some of the choices I have made lately too.
Blessings,
Ceil

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5674 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:15:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5674 In reply to Jen Ferguson.

I wonder Jen those of us who have some knowledge of discernment, its process and how it evolves get more distracted by the head and the ego than those who may react sooner with their gut/heart. makes me wonder. Have a great weekend, good friend!

]]> By: Jen Ferguson https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5673 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:32:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5673 I have the gift of discernment, too, but I also find that when it comes to decisions revolving my life, I can fall prey to my ego, too. It’s so good to know I am not alone in this battle and to be reminded what it is I truly want…God.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5672 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:12:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5672 In reply to Nancy Ruegg.

I really think, Nancy, trusting our gut usually works out. Another way of listening to God like you said. God of our gut. LOL..
That Merton quote is one of my favorites.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5671 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:11:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5671 In reply to marthaorlando.

Glad i am not alone, Martha. You understand my relief when he called back with someone else taking the job. I was amazed though the depth of my greed and ego on this one. good lessons, like I said.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5669 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:09:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5669 In reply to Clella.

Thanks Clella. I certainly needed divine help on this one!

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5666 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:12:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5666 Thank you, Jean, for sharing the story of your struggle. May we learn from your experience to “trust our gut” because that’s where God often speaks on these occasions–somewhere down deep within. And thank you for that Thomas Merton quote. Very meaningful! Appreciate that little nugget of encouragement he tucked into the middle: that God is pleased with our DESIRE to please him. We don’t have to be perfect to make God smile.

]]> By: marthaorlando https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5665 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:14:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5665 A few years back, I found myself in this exact predicament; didn’t want to disappoint the person, but knew my heart wasn’t in the offer. The best decision I made was to bow out as gracefully as I could and move on. Oh, such a weight was lifted off my heart!
Blessings, Jean!

]]> By: Clella https://healthyspirituality.org/indecisive-discernment/#comment-5663 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:54:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=3219#comment-5663 I need help. 🙂 Seems as though I jump first and listen later. This spoke to me this morning. Thanks ….

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