What would your doctor say?

All Christians talk to God and hear from God. It's called prayer and answered prayer and God's guidance. It may (or may not) involve clear impressions of God's will, but it never involves hearing voices. (Demons may do that, however).Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

I don't have a doctor. I've never been sick enough to need one yet. Guess I'll have to give this thread a miss so.

Really? Than what was going on here? Demons?Acts 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Act 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

I had a somewhat similar experience that was quite startling at the time. I was at college away from home and a steady girlfriend that I was convinced I would marry someday and was writing to religiously, a couple times a week. About a month into my sophomore year I was introduced to a woman at a function. As soon as I laid eyes on her the thought went through my mind, "This is the woman you are going to marry." Now I would not say it was a "voice" but it was very clear and it definitely came out of the blue because I immediately discounted it with the thought, "That is ridiculous, I am going to marry Linda" There was no strong physical attraction that I remember at the time, though she was attractive enough. Well guess what, Linda and I parted ways when I was home for Thanksgiving. About 6 months later the woman and I started dating and within 2 years we were married (still at it, coming up on our 34th anniversary). Just like that. I never said anything to her about it until after the wedding because frankly I was a little freaked out by the whole thing. I have never been of the mind that there is "one right person" for everyone but I have to say that this experience does give me pause. Do I think it was the voice of God? No I don't, but then I am not completely sure about that either.

Excuse me, in that case it involved hearing a voice, but that level of communication no longer happens.

I was that way myself for many a year, iano. But alas, all good things must come to an end.

Though God is "forever the same".............

God IS forever the same.God DOES many different things.

Yeah. As the years go by the oft heard expression "your health is your wealth" strikes ever nearer the bone...he said lighting up..Smoking: what a crock...

That's cruel to say to someone of my age, iano.I have the remains of an outstanding constitution.Edited by robinrohan, : No reason given.

Maybe He knew you'd be a late developer and one whose lifestyle would need a vehicle robust enough to ensure that would happen?

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I don't have a doctor. I've never been sick enough to need one yet.

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Er, you are supposed to go to a doctor on a regular basis, for checkups, before you get sick.This is so you catch little problems and potential issues early, before they get to be big problems and serious issues.That's what doctors are trained to do.

I think I've been to a doctor about a total of 4 times in my life.

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I think I've been to a doctor about a total of 4 times in my life.

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That's irresponsible, IMO, especially if you have any family.And, since we know that you are a heavy drinker, there is even more reason to go regularly.

Well, I've always been irresponsible. No point in changing now!But to get back to the topic at hand, I feel that FAITH of some sort is indeed a virtue--whether it be faith in God or faith in our moral system.You gotta believe!You, for example, have faith in being "responsible," if I interpret your comments correctly.