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Divine Guidance
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3. Spoken
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The Message Papers
Divine Guidance
3. Spoken
And when the keen observation is also blunted, so that he can no longer keenly observe life, then he turns his back to examples shown before him. Then the third aspect of divine guidance is to speak. - It may speak in the words of a child;
- It may speak in the words of a foolish person;
- It may speak in the words of a servant;
- It may speak in the words of a neighbor;
- It may speak in the words of a friend;
- It may speak in the words of a foe.
And when the eyes are closed and when the ears are closed also, then even the third way of divine guidance also becomes fruitless.
I have heard a friend say, "Each time my groom told me not to go riding, if I went I had an accident." That groom was not a wise man, but what came from him was the voice of the Spirit of Guidance. He was innocent, he said it innocently.
It is automatic that a person may say something to you, and that is the voice of God. Very often friends take the place of divine guidance, and they tell you something. That is the best, when friends tell you. When strangers take the place of divine guidance and tell you, that is worse. And what is still worse is when your enemies tell you.
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