I trust God is not a stranger to you?? :>))
Before the effectual call, God has introduced Himself to you .
I just do not understand why people think that God drawing you is a fate worse than death ..so it must be forced.
Jesus called the apostles and they dropped every thing to come follow Him , that was an effectual call.
Let me put it this way.
If on Valentine day ,your wife (if you have one) bought a beautiful sexy negligee and she lit candles and put on soft music..and then called you into the bedroom...would she have to hog tie you to come? Or would the promise of the call be so strong that you would go with joy?
What the conversation of being puppets or being forced says to me..men honor and love their own will over God's love and call. Seems to me that once that was predicted in a garden
LOL!
Taken to an absurd extreme, what if men really are puppets of God like the Arminians warn?
Is that the very worst thing anyone can imagine?
The fact that God is in control and life is proceeding according to His will should be cause for rejoicing.
Some people are never satisfied, I guess.