I Am a Silly Goose...

As I read my today’s devotion, I couldn’t help sharing it with all of you......Happy New Year!!!

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; All came to pass. JOSHUA 21:45
BY: MARCI ALBORGHETTI FROM: DAILY GUIDEPOST

Prayer sometimes worries me. Don't get me wrong. I do it every day. It's just that sometimes I wonder about whether I'm doing it right. For example, people tell me all the time that "God told me" to do something. This information is usually communicated with a great deal of delight and confidence. For years, I'd be happy for them, but I couldn't help but wonder how they KNEW God was talking to them, I wanted to believe God actually talked to me, giving me clear-cut direction in my life. But all God's answers to me sounded suspiciously like my own words.
Then a Christmas sermon for children gave me new perspective on the problem.
It went like this:
There was once a farmyard full of geese. The geese constantly fought with each other about one thing or another, and the farmyard was in chaos. God decided to do something about it: He sent a goose from heaven to the farmyard. The goose from heaven explained that the geese must stop fighting and learn to live in peace. They listened and changed, because the goose from heaven spoke in goose words, so they could understand. So when God wanted to teach us, He sent His Son, a little baby who grew up to speak in people-language so we could all understand.
The children were delighted, but they weren’t the only ones who learned an important lesson.
Why was I so suspicious when God answered me in words I could understand?
How else would I get the message?

Lord, thank You for speaking to me in a language simple enough for me to comprehend***