9-3-2022 – A Word to the Wise – I said the Lord offers consolation. The form is the introduction of a gift or special talent. The lie in contrast is always disabling.
So, let’s consider the gift/talent first. Actually, there are two gifts granted at the same time. The first is an open invitation to communicate with him. What does that mean? The closest I am able to describe it comes from II Corinthians 1:3-4. “ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
Notice Paul states that there are two classes of individuals before him. One is the person who is comforted directly by the Lord. Individuals in this group find it very difficult or impossible to be comforted by people. It does not feel comfortable and does not result in peace. The interaction feels empty and unfulfilling.
In contrast the second group finds comfort from people and rejects a close intimate relationship with the Lord. This group finds if fearful. Do not make the mistake suggesting that this group is in any manner inferior or loves the Lord less. They just crave the intimacy of relationships.
The Lord opens an automatic door for entrance into the former group for anyone who is abandoned. Others may acquire it in a different manner.
The second gift/talent is locked in the mind, emotions, or spirit of the individual. As far as I can tell it is random. It is not passed through DNA. Another may learn secondhand components of the talent, but it is not instinctive. Some examples might be a young child who has a special talent for numbers. Another may have abilities in hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, memory. The examples are endless, but they are offered by the Lord I compensation for the abandonment and when trust in the Lord exists alongside the talent with practice the gift grows.
One will find when either of these states exist the feeling of abandonment fades into the background.
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