Today I was involved in one of those strange Holy Ghost whammy experiences again. In the middle of the conversation, I asked the gent whether his mother's name is M____. He did one of those Pentecostal church jerks from head to toe, because I had hit upon his mother's extremely rare middle name, a feat that seemed to both of us to be explainable only by factoring in the existence of God. I had never met him or his mother, and his mother lives in a different part of the nation.
1) Has anyone ever caught you off guard with a similar word of knowledge, which seemed to have required divine intervention?
2) If not, what do you imagine would be your reaction if such an experience ever befell you?
...explainable only by factoring in the existence of God
Why would the Creator Of The Universe and Ground Of All Being want to get someone to tell people their mothers' middle names? It's kinda whimsical, isn't it - supernatural parlor tricks? Or does He/She/It think that people tend to forget their mothers' middle names, and need reminding from time to time?
And does the Architect of All We Know get mixed up easily? Should some explain in a little prayer that (in this culture, anyway) "his mother's name" implies her first name?
Statisticians among us want to know how many maternal monikers you've suggested unsuccessfully to people, to work out just how miraculous this was.
Sociologists are asking whether this middle name would have been 'extremely rare' in the guy's mother's generation. Maybe it was typical - Mildred? Mabel? - at that time, and relatively easily guess-able. (Why do you keep the name secret? Conspiracy theorists have been alerted - expect kathaksung to join this thread any moment.)
Miss Manners wants to know why you would suggest someone's mother's name to him instead of asking nicely what it was, especially if you've never met the woman.
Why would the Creator Of The Universe and Ground Of All Being want to get someone to tell people their mothers' middle names?
Obviously the gent had used it as a password, then forgotten what it was and could not access his financial records. Beastie-gal, intuiting this, just helped him a little. At the urging of the Almighty One, of course, who had heard the gent's prayers and sent Tsaeb to answer them. Hence my question, above. The least he can do is donate generously to her ministry.
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1) If there was no earthly reason for knowing this woman's name, why did you suggest a possible name to the guy?
2) Alternatively, if there was some earthly reason (you'd overheard it in a conversation; you'd been introduced to her fleetingly years ago...), what's so miraculous about it all?
3) What is the name?! We'll accept nothing less strange than 'Madagascar' or 'Munchausen-Gladbach III'.
It was Macedonia. No divine skills involved though. After all the guy said he was on his way to a date, and he was carrying 3 chickens and stunk of hot sauce.
No, no, I was just sitting here, and a kind of woozy feeling came over me, and I had to put my glass down. I was still feeling a little diisoriented, accidentally knocking over a few bottles that happened to be on the floor near my chair, and then I realized I had gotten into an altered state!
And then it came to me. The gent's mother's name was ... uhh, oh, drat that short term memory loss business!
Oh, well. Mitochondria? Memorabilia? Millefloria? Macadamia? Or what was that one Dancer said? Chicken with hot sauce sounds good. Do we pluck them or skin them?
Word of knowledge is ESP and vice versa. Call it either or neither.
I just had to interrupt the gent to verify the info, which suddenly came to my mind while he was talking.
Yes, he will buy my prophecy book when I see him again in a few days, but he said that he would go home and that night call his mama.
There you have it: Mama. Don't expect me to go against the privacy of my customers to tell you her real name.
BTW, you deviated from answering the questions. Should I be convinced that God demonstates Himself to believers only? Not true. However, He seems to prefer communicating with believers.
I thought that you would have a hoot and a holler with this question. Maybe we should try to "psyche each other out." Yet, I would think that God would not cooperate in any testing of Him.
Here comes Sid or Sarai to pass judgment on my mental health. . . .
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