“I can’t tell you the mistakes I’ve made in my life when I listened to an inner voice...”
Isn’t that true! Satan comes as an angel of light. Some of the suggestions that get tossed around seem so right and so Scriptural. He’s more subtle and infinitely smarter than us.
Not to rely on our teachers in the Church, our Lord’s protection, and our discernment through the Holy Spirit is asking for trouble.
I just can’t imagine my poor guardian angel’s trials when I was a young adult! I’m still here.
>>I just can’t imagine my poor guardian angel’s trials when I was a young adult!<<
Mine too!
John of the Cross put it best (paraphrasing): Wishing for locutions is an insult to God in whom all of our faith should rest, with or without His apparent communication. Sometimes God chooses vessels to speak to in this way, but far too many people hear an “inner voice” and attribute it to some kind of revelation, when it’s simply there own thought processees playing out.
Anyone who asks for “word of knowledge” is only asking for trouble. They have no idea who’s responding to their request (i.e., themselves or Satan). This was a big reason I left the charismatic movement. Way too much latitude for error when inner emotions can pollute the very relationship with the Holy Spirit that one is seeking. Better to cling to the bark of Peter and let the Holy Spirit work quietly as the Gentleman He is, instead of demanding signs and wonders that inevitably lead to error when people refuse to remove their own weakness from the equation.