I'll share a recent experience. As family member disappointed me and it hurt. I had recently come to a prescription of humility that teaches,
1. Never pretend.
2. Never decide how others should treat you.
3. Never push.
I knew that my feelings were not the kind I wanted to entertain, but I was still having them. I was frustrated. I rose the next morning and asked for a way to never expect others to treat me a particular way. Within my spirit I recalled an incident with King David where he was not allowed to do something he wanted. What he did was to prepare the materials for his son to use. This was comparable with my situation, and it allowed me to rid myself of the hurt feelings completely. Actually, I was surprised how completely those feeling left.
The disciple of Jesus has an opportunity to communicate minute by minute while they are living their lives doing their job, living with others in their community, paddling whitewater, riding a bike, and even while exercising. One way to look at this relationship is the relationship you have with people you love, like your family, your children, and your friends. Communication with God should not be unexpected. As one writer noted, he speaks to those who are not necessarily listening.
This same writer states that we need not consider those people in the scriptures any different from ourselves. They are not super people and are just ordinary. However, hearing God does not make us right or special. As Paul notes, knowledge can lead to thinking we are special, it can puff us up. A disciple will love more automatically as a result of having spent time seeing that doing so is better for them as well as their neighbor.
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