Do you tell everything to everyone? Only a fool utters all his mind. Yet you do need people in your life in whom you can confide; to whom you can tell everything. This is a human necessity. Otherwise your secrets will eat you from the inside out. You have experienced the release of verbally sharing your burden with someone else. Yet you are selective in whom you choose to do this with. What criteria do you use for selection? Does it have to be someone you have known for a long time? You can unburden yourself to a stranger if you sense trust, interest, compassion and empathy.

Do you understand as a matter of basic doctrine that I am everywhere? Are you more aware of my presence in some places than in others? Populated places are influenced by the people who live there. Their beliefs and values affect the spiritual atmosphere, and discerning people are aware of this. I am there too, but if I speak in a still small voice it may be more difficult for you to discern my presence. Have you noticed the more neutral atmosphere in uninhabited places? You may find it easier to discern my presence in places that are free of other influences.

Have you ever heard of the human mind being compared to a computer, or vice versa? This may have been a useful way to understand early computers. Now that computers can beat human opponents at chess, does it seem that computers have surpassed people?  But computers are machines and will never equal people. Computers will never have free agency, will not have compassion, empathy, or a conscience. Computers will never love and they are not alive, as you are. No matter how fast and powerful they are at processing instructions they are not fearfully and wonderfully made, and you are.

Have you ever heard of blessings in disguise? Are you grateful for the means of grace I use in your life? Do you assume that these will be pleasant and comfortable? Perhaps you should revisit this assumption. Have you ever had your trials and difficulties draw you closer to me? Do these things get your attention more quickly than abundant provision? These are things you would not welcome, but are they really bad if they draw you closer to me and bring forth my image and likeness in your life? Then are you prepared to think of them as blessings even if they come to you in disguise?