signs

Do you believe in signs? Obviously there is a difference between superstitious signs (a black cat crossing your path means evil things will happen) and a sign from God. We know that God is continually guiding us along our path... that isnt to say that there are not choices, but God knows where we will go and where we will end up... this isnt meant to start a discussion on predestination vs free will...

But are there signs?

I dont like to ask God for signs, and I try not too. It seems... I dont know... like I am throwing my weak faith in God's face. I guess I never really ask for signs of his existence, which feels the most offensive to me... But I ask God to show me where to go, and I guess that is similar to asking for signs, or at least guideposts. I dont even really like praying for myself, it seems silly sometimes, when I know other people are... and there are so many people in worse sorts. I am practically on top of the world compared to most people...

But anyway, I wonder if there are "signs" from God... or whether there are just moments of clarity where you see a glimpse of where God has been meaning for you to go and why things have happened the way they have.


I was writing last night in a journal that I have had since high school graduation... I tried doing several things with the journal in the beginning, but never really had a purpose for it until now, and ive just kept it all these years, waiting for a use. So now I am finally using it, and something caused me to flip through the pages.

I found something that I had written awhile ago. Its a bit immature stylistically, but similar enough to who I am now that at first I thought I had written it within the past few months and had simply forgotten about it. I read through it, and it made me sad... and for some reason I turned back to it to look at the date, and it was about something completely different than I had first thought. I had written it close to 6 years ago. Content is not something I wish to divulge to the masses, but suffice it to say that it concerned how difficult the path of life is, and I was really suprised to learn that I wrote it so long ago and to find that it still applies.


And so I wonder, why now? Why did I rediscover this now? Does it mean something, or is it just completely random?


So I come back to the original question to which I have no answer for: Does God give us signs? Even better... Are we blind to the signs God gives us because we are human, and does the Spirit within us see those signs and gives us little nudges and pushes in the right direction? Maybe thats more the case... I dont know.


I was really suprised and somewhat comforted by the writing I found, and I guess the future will decide whether not this was a sign or just a coincidence.