| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 11:48:25 AM | | When i look back at my last relationship, there were blatant signs or red flags which I chose to overlook, but no matter how hard I tried to get the relationship to work, more and more signs appeared which make me wonder if anyone else believes that God sends signs which we should listen to that the person isn't right for us. For no matter how many times I tried to ignore the warning signs, every time I/we have tried to rekindle lost love, something always happens to prevent us getting back together. Do you think this is a sign that there's someone better waiting in the wings? I so hope that the fact that I have not got back with my ex (which undoubtedly would've been disastrous and never would've worked) due to things always preventing it, that there is someone better out there for me.... | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 12:22:55 PM | | I think you're uncomfortable with the relationship and should listen to that. Yes, I do believe strongly God sends signs. I also believe if we look under every bush we find our own signs independent of God's sending us a sign yet we attach this self proclaimed sign to the hand of God. When that happens we create a mess and wonder why God did this to us. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 12:57:50 PM | | I don't think that anyone/thing is sending signs. Maybe you're just constantly ignoring your gut feeling b/c you're afraid of change. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:07:03 PM | boy op....your post is a mirror reflection of my experience....
i did not pay attention to God signs, unGod signs, nor my gut feeling..and paid a dear price for it too... | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:14:59 PM | There are always signs...are they from God? possibly, if that's what you choose to believe.
I just know you need to trust that little voice inside you as it is always right! it is there to warn and protect you before something wicked happens that completely devastates you.
I know, I've ignored 'the voice' on more than one occassion both good and bad and have had to live with the consequence.
Good luck to you and be aware of yourself and not afraid to step up for yourself!! | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:16:52 PM | | God absolutely sends signs. Angels are His messengers. But mostly it's the still small voice of the spirit inside you that speaks the loudest. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:17:17 PM | i like the assumptions that a) there is a god and b) hes taking time out from saving the world to sabotage your relationships
i think its far more likely he was cheating on you with the easter bunny | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:18:46 PM | You have free will to do as you please. Your life is YOUR
creation, and no higher being should interfere with the privacy
of your earthly experience. That is sacrosanct! If anything,
it may be your sub conscious or higher self. 
Generally speaking, when we make choices that are not in
alignment with our life's purpose, things will not run smoothly
and we will find ourselves in pain! | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:18:53 PM | No.
Sometimes there are signs, and sometimes there are not. Sometimes you get totally blindsided, like when your SO suddenly springs some new issue on you.
Is it God? No again. And not just because of my religious beliefs. On those occasions when you do get signs, they come mostly from people. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:36:17 PM | | Thanks for all the replies. BUT if I have freedom to choose what path i take, then how come the path that i HAD chosen always sabotaged in some way?? for example I was absolutely adamant that I was going to move in with my SO, despite having serious misgivings... (1) my house wouldn't sell then (2) my house sold but then i couldn't find one to move into and then (3) his house wouldn't sell, by which time I realised I'd had a lucky escape, but it wasn't through my lack of trying or ignoring the signs, so you could say i hadn't had freedom of choice, for if i had, i'd have made a dreadful mistake...... | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 1:47:09 PM | nope, no signs. I do believe in God, but not the sign stuff. I was in a very vulnerable state in very late '05 and early '06. If there was ever a time in my life where a sign was sought and would have been appropriate, that was it. Nothing. Nadda. I don't buy into it anymore, at all. I had some friends buy a business because of a 'sign'. (No, not a For Sale sign either.) They went belly up in less than two years. Maybe God is in the bankruptcy business? Naw. The debate goes on forever, we just don't read em right, we don't listen well enough, be patient - the answer isn't meant for now, your pride is in the way, etc., blah blah blah.
Most of we want is so out of line with what we should want sends us into this realm in the first place. Looking for signs in areas we deem pertinent that don't mean diddly squat in the big picture. Where do YOU draw the line? When I saw no sign at my most vulnerable point in life I sure wasn't waiting for one yesterday as I decided which lawn mower to buy.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it......unless I see a sign.  | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 2:00:27 PM | I would refer to Richard Dawkins, "The God Delusion", on this one. The signs, to which you refer, are certainly only subconscious interpretations of an obvious mismatch:
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful [or in this case rancid] without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 2:09:49 PM | Other people also have freedom. HOWEVER and it's a big however,
we all have to live within the system that we created and live in. We
created the real estate market and the economy and are effected by it,
Maybe that's what is meant by the saying, no man is an island.
I too have missed various relationship bullets. It's always easy to look
back and in retrospect, looking for some intervention or spooky signs!
There is a thing called synchronicity, and the better we are in alignment
with our true purpose, the more the universe seems to help us and make
things easier! We meet the right people at the right time. Most people
are so far off track, that they don't experience this! You need to remove
the Ego from the picture first! | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 2:25:07 PM | OP: All three items that you used as examples in your post #10 are examples of things which YOU don't control....that is to say, they require the actions of others to come to fruition. I've come to know that the actions of others are random at best overall. Some individuals that we might know might be predictable, or even market trends can be somewhat predictable, etc. But that specific conditions requiring responses by others at certain moments may or may not come through; - well, we could speculate on whether the actions of some or others are driven by active intervention by God or not, but probably could not be empirically tested and proven.
As for more toward your original post, "signs from God", as in, "God if you want me to turn right at the fork, would you please make tonight's sunset purple so I'll know what to do" - doubtful you're going to get an answer on that one (not that I'm ruling it out, but,.....). More often than not however, if we're listening, I think that God indeed sends us "signs" by talking to our hearts. That "little voice" that tells us what to know or 'that something doesn't feel right', those are God's ways of helping us to learn his plan. But manipulating the external?.......not saying He can't, but in my view, if He wanted to take that kind of action, He'd do more than just "send a sign" for a human to 'interpret'. He'd just simply make it that way (whatever way he wanted it.....build a mountain where he wants it, remove one where he doesn't) and move on to the next thing.
If we spend too much time trying to "read something" from past events external to the real meat of the matter, we might not be hearing the voice telling us what to do about it in the future.
Pray.
And that's my final answer. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 2:34:19 PM | Yes I believe there are signs. I recently tried to get back with an ex-lover of mine, the first time round he almost broke my heart with his philandering. On the second chance his business got into severe difficulties and he had an unexplained yet severe illness - it meant I could not see him for several weeks as he was in hospital and the relationship suffered, on my return I discovered that he had rekindled with his mistress in a moment of weakness.
On other more recent dates I have found that the weather has been fabulous, or it has been terrible and forced us indoors together, or out on some adventure - I definitely think that someone up there is influencing the outcome and when something good or bad is likely to happen I am usually warned!
I know I have a guardian angel who stands by me sometimes she appears tired and a bit frustrated with me, sometimes she even takes a little holiday (thats when things usually go awry) - I hope to be able to give her a bit of plain sailing soon. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:04:24 PM | | In my ever so humble opinion...absolutely! There are those who think that God does not micro-manage our lives...and to an extent that is true. But we are also His children and He deeply cares for us just as we care for our children. When our children (adult or adolescent) need our help don't we give them advise, hints or even try to clandestinely steer them into making better decisions? Of course we have free will but there are many signs that are given to us that we choose to ignore because we so need to be loved that we grasp at that slightest ray of hope that everything will be OK in spite of clear or maybe not-so-clear indications that maybe this is not the relationship for either of you. I know of what I speak...a faerie-tale romance was rekindled after a 42 year separation. The "idea" of this perfect union blinded me to obvious signs of incompatibility so I was willing to overlook all those bad feelings in hopes that the everything would be OK. Sadly it ended over 7 months ago and it was hard at first. We second and third guess ourselves...thinking "what could I have done better or different" that she would love me for the good person I am. In the end we are all really OK people but sometimes we are just BAD with each other. I firmly believe that there is someone out there for me and I hope I can hear that same little voice that I should have listened to before now tell me "yes, this is the one" and that one of the greatest tests of love is faith and also that faith is a great test of love. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:15:50 PM | | Yes the universe definitely sends signs through you. Have you ever heard the concept of the "sixth sense", that is it. Some people call it the everything happens for a reason phenomenon. What it is really is a deep inner protection mechanism that people over many years of evolution have forgotten how to use. Meditation is one way of reaching it, when your mind is still and you are in deep focus. You can master this and it can really be an amazing tool to use throughout your life. Ever wonder how when you compare two people with the same background, education, advantages, etc one is always making the right decisions. That person has learned to tap into this infinite source of abundance or gut feeling and it steers them right. Sorry if I got to metaphysical, but there are many respected motivational authors who have studied this at great length and there is alot of information on the subject. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:16:19 PM | Interesting question.....
Yes, I do believe God sends "signs" ...... now I am Christian (Catholic even!!!) - so my "view" on this topic will probably be different from an agnostic, athesist, etc.
I don't know why life works out the way it does, but it does.... I have had crisis just like the next person, but I think my belief in God has sailed me through some very troubled waters. I think God gives us choice, my spiritual life has been in a funk for a few months, now on the surface all looked fine, go to church on Sunday, don't take the Lords name in vain (well maybe once or twice...) but professionally my life has been very challenging of late. Well after exhausting myself emotionally I thought "now there was something I use to do, let me see, hmmmm - oh yeah I would pray" Now I am not going to BS and say that the clouds parted and life has become bunnies and green field, but I do feel more "balance". I believe God watches out for me (us)
Now am I going to wander off the garden path again? Yep, I will, I will get caught up in my own drama (I SOOOO hate that term). and I will go "oh yeah, what is it that I use to do?"
Keep the faith.... | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:22:58 PM | | Absolutely God sends signals, sometimes he even sends pictures. I think sometimes we meet someone who we are so attracted that we do overlook clear signals that they are not the right one for use and that is our own fault. However, I do believe that when someone is really wrong for you, I mean in a harmful way, I do believe a higher power intervenes and saves us from what could be a horrible fate. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:32:54 PM | Warning signs? Are you denying your own feelings about a bad situation and turning the matter over to God? You might try owning your own feelings.
As far as someone better is concerned, the statement doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Does someone better have fewer red flags? I believe one has healthy relationships when they understand and recognize them. Apparently, after reading about the numerous disastarous experiences on POF, few people can.
The Eagle | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:38:06 PM | you may have experienced intuition, which i believe is a gift from God. He blesses us with intuition to help us protect ourselves. sadly, if we choose not to listen to the nagging little voice of intuition, we have no one to blame but ourselves
you also experienced a slow real estate market
best wishes to you!
leslie | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 3:48:22 PM | | Yes God does send signs. So does Satan. It is up to us to discern the sender. Some signs are simply wishful thinking or self delusion. When going by "signs" be EXTREMELY careful. God gave Abraham a sign to come and sacrifice his son to God. I would have failed this test and told the voice to go back to hell! So in answer, yes God does send signs. I even got one myself and it scared the heck out of me. | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 4:09:43 PM | Reminds me of something.
A while back, I was walking down my lane way. It's about
1000 feet long, quite rustic and I have a thing about garbage
and litter, of which there isn't any. Also, hardly any traffic,
except me or friends.
So I spot this white thing, and discover it's a fortune cookie
slip. It read, Not all soil can bear all fruit. Be Practical!
Firstly I have rarely seen such a slip with a message quite
as profound. Secondly, I can't imagine, out here in the
middle of nowhere, where the hell it came from? | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 4:21:25 PM | Some say yes , some say no, none can prove either.
Believe what you want to believe, why ask others ? | |
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| Do you believe God sends signs?
Posted: 5/11/2008 4:48:28 PM | First, let me say that I am a devout christian. I strongly believe in God's interactions.
Now that we got that out of the way, let me tell you about a circumstance that occurred to me, that made me know, beyond a shadow of a doubt that God sends signs.
During the time that I was married, I had a very strong sense of something bad occurring. My ex said not to worry about it, but it was hanging over my head, like a shower that I couldn't turn off.
That night, I went to sleep and had a dream. In the dream, I was told not to stay. I was told to take all I could, and go far away from where I lived. I was told to take my family, and move as quickly as I could. I wasn't told why, nor what was in store, but I was told to leave.
During the dream, I asked this 'entity' what I could tell my husband, so that he would believe me. I asked, "How should I prove to my hubby that we need to leave?' The entity said (let's call him God), "He will choose that answer for you." Sure enough, I told my 'then hubby', about the dream I had the night before. He said, "Ok, if it's really God, and if he wants us to leave, all he has to do is toss a tree on my van." I thought, now what are the odds of that occurring? Hmm...
My ex said, "If I wake up tomorrow morning, and there is a tree on my van, we'll leave tomorrow evening." We went to sleep that night. The following day, there was a tree sitting on top of the front part of my ex-hubby's van. There was no storm, nor anything that seemed to cause it, but sure enough, there was a tree sitting on his van hood.
Needless to say, we did leave!
Approx. 2 days after we left, an earthquake hit. Upon speaking to some of my friends later, those who lived in the same apartment building, I found out that our previous apt was totalled. Had we stayed, and had we not been warned, we would have died...no doubt about it.
So, do I believe that God sends signals? YES, without any hesitation I say that, definitely, YES, he sends signals!
And, THAT, is enough proof for me. | |
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