Soul + Compelling = Spiritual Compulsion

For the past weeks and months, compulsion has crept into my life. Not just tempting compulsions, like having the chocolates I shouldn’t have but spiritual compulsion. I have other people also dealing with the issue of spiritual compulsion. So, what is spiritual compulsion and how do we listen to it.

Spiritual compulsion is when God speaks to your heart to do something or say something.  He keeps putting scenes, words or people into our minds. And no matter how we try to ignore it, it keeps coming back to us, day or night. That’s how we often know that it is God.

The Devil doesn’t have the patience to wait for us to “get the message”. He moves on if we don’t react quickly. But God, he chose you or me to do his bidding, and He is patient, kind and loving, and He will wait for us because deep down, He knows it will take us a while because humans will be humans!

But what happens if we do His bidding and the other person is not as responsive as we expected because who would deny God’s bidding, right?  We hear often in church how we need to spread the Good News, tell others about being saved by Jesus Christ and how we all need God but how often do we question Him when He needs us.  We doubt, mistrust and many times just don’t listen.

We can’t make the other person listen, trust and believe but what we can do is do what God lays on our heart  especially if we truly believe God wants it to better or help the other person. But we also need to patient, kind and loving to give the other person time to do what they need to do to know that God is using you to help them. And for the person being compelled, it’s not always easy; it can be frustrating but needs to be done.

God uses us in many ways whether we understand it or not. He is not asking us to understand, He is telling us to follow Him and do what He says. Maybe He uses compulsion to help us learn to trust Him too?  In Scripture, Jesus tells a rich man to leave everything behind and follow Him. He couldn’t do it. If God lays something on your heart like this, would you? Could you?

A few months ago, I saw a young man at robots. He has a growth growing out the side of his face, his right arm is crooked and he has a leg problem. When I look deep into his eyes, I see something; I couldn’t get him out of my mind. I don’t know why and can’t explain it because not many people affect me like this but he did. So, I did the only thing I could do, I prayed and I keep praying.  God wants me to do something and I don’t know what. I don’t even know if I have the courage to help. So, I give him money so he can eat, have electricity and try to look after himself. And every time, I give, He looks at me in the eyes and says “God Bless you”. Those three words pierce my heart every time and I often wonder if God is urging me to help him because maybe God is using me to help him believe those three words for himself and believe that God will bless Him.

And because I still don’t know, I am considering using my birthday to give him food stamps. Spiritual compulsion is just one of God’s mysterious ways and I don’t understand it, don’t know much about it, but I can’t ignore it. Can you?

The followers went everywhere in the world and

told the Good News to people, and the Lord helped them.

The Lord proved that the Good News they told was true

by giving them power to work miracles.

Mark 16:20

 

Perfect, period!

This is a humorous article specially written by a lady for the ladies. Gents, if you dare, read on.

I keep wondering why, when it’s our seven-day monthly special, men seem to find us so attractive, cute and sensual. So, I thought I would ponder on it awhile and give it a bit more thought.

Let’s be real here ladies. This is one of the times during the month where we feel bloated, unsexy and hate the thought of pampering any part of us. Our clothes seem too tight on us, our hair won’t flow the way we want it and frankly we are just not comfortable in any way. These seven days are our “leave me alone” and “I need chocolate” days. But yet, our husbands, boyfriends and men in general, notice us, give us the time of day, compliment us and generally seem to levitate towards us.

Have you ever noticed that after these seven days, their attention is not as strong as it was during them? They can smell those seven day hormones miles away.

And then I had a light bulb moment. God is great and even when we are feeling down and dirty, He uses it for the greater good. We just haven’t realized it! Now, you are wondering how on earth, can this be possible.

But think about it, we spend most of our time, trying to look and feel younger, sexier, and thinner, etc. Convincing ourselves, if we dress this way or wear this make-up, we can have their attention every day, all day.  If we exercise more, pamper ourselves more, they will listen more, do more, etc.

Well, ladies, I think God made us perfect every day regardless of the material items we think we need and/or the shape we’re in but let’s get adventurous.  He gave us seven days to flaunt our faith and figures in a respectful and self-honoring way!

Let’s use our hormones to encourage our fellow ladies to keep feeling positive about ourselves, sexy in our sexuality and down-right beautiful in our God given bodies!

Men don’t need to touch us to remind us and let’s be honest during those seven days he’s got no chance but let’s flaunt our natural beauty, our personality for God because He created us in His image and man, do you all look good! His blessings and our personalities shine through, spreading His love all around. 

So, let’s take our “ugly” seven days and turn them into our “proudly perfect” days because God didn’t make mistakes and He has given us seven days to show the world. You don’t need extras like heels, make-up and perfume on these days. All you need to do is flaunt your faith by being NATURALLY YOU!

Why wait for August to be Women’s month to flaunt it! Once a week, once a month is our time to shine!

You made my whole being;

You formed me in my mother’s body.

I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way

Ps. 139:13-14

PS: And for our dear ladies, who have done their time with this “milestone”, use those hot flushes to make the young men think they have the right stuff! It’s our secret, go on – have faithful fun! You are perfect in God’s eyes after all!