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Thank you for the book recommendation and excerpt!

This doesn't mean that we can't learn from each other by simply pointing to sources in the general direction. It's up to us to seek or not to seek. But ours is to speak what's in our hearts, not try to "convince" someone through exhaustion.

My intent has never been to exhaust. When it comes to the words of God, I can never get enough - so it would not bother me at all if we exchanged whole chapters on a routine basis. Though it would be a bandwidth killer to exchange whole books (except Jude) on a single thread.

The convincing power is God's alone. He is Light. And He speaks to us individually - from the very same passage revealing one truth at one time to one person in one circumstance - and yet another truth from the same passage at a different time, perhaps even to the same person in a different circumstance.

And I do read the Scriptures, all the time, except that I check my readings against the combined wisdom of the Church and not seek my own hidden leanings attributed to the HS. I would never wish to blaspheme His name by saying it is Him and not me speaking.

Truly, as He chooses to reveal Himself to us, we know the difference and Who He is and when we are musing or are being led by Him. But it is also true that the Holy Spirit can be quenched.