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Nancy Evins: If God were doing the driving... and the talking Nancy Evins: If God were doing the driving... and the talking. Nancy says that God always seems to tell people who hear him speak to do what they wanted to do in the first place. The writer is a resident of Lebanon, TN; who is widely published and was discovered for ColumbiaMagazine by fellow townsperson Robert Stone. Now retired, she is a former member of the American Society of Mental Health Counselors. By Nancy Alley Evins If God were doing the driving... and the talking Many years ago I drove into a parking lot near a mall in Knoxville. I waited patiently for someone to pull out so I could get their space, but before I could turn in, a car from the opposite direction swiftly glided in though knowing I had been there much longer than they. Quite annoyed, I pulled out a pad and pen and proceeded to write a nasty note to stick on their car. However, as I approached, I saw their license tag bore the slogan, 'God is my Co-Pilot.' I then added to my note, "Sorry, I didn't know who was driving." As I pondered their declaration, I wondered -- wouldn't/shouldn't God be the pilot? If would make for less speeding in traffic and cut down running over pedestrians, unless, of course, God had decided this was the time for them to go. During the primaries a few years back, it seemed God, according to them, had spoken to all the presidential candidates except Barack Obama and Ron Paul and had told each one to run. I have a question: Is this some heavenly pastime? Whose leg is God pulling? Wouldn't He whisper in some candidate's ear, "Give it up. You haven't got a prayer." As a former therapist, I am always concerned when people tell me God is speaking to them. It seems worse than when they think they are Napoleon. At least he met his Waterloo. God always seems to tell them to do what they wanted to do in the first place and when they have done it and it doesn't work out, they think they misheard and got a message from the other side. I don't know whether this is schizophrenic behavior or not, since the second voice seems to be that of the devil. We've always heard that the devil is a bothersome creature but I thought he would have more to do than break in on God's conversations. Perhaps he feels he has accomplished his major tasks these past few years and has a little time on his hands. He did have a bet with God once, we are told, but lost. Not as much as Job, though. But Job in the end got his sores healed, a new wife, and more children. Could the new wife have been the prize for Job's devotion, since we know so little about the first except that she nagged Job to deny God? Would the devil propose a new bet similar to one on a horse race? Or a political race? But maybe God is going to give America not another Job, but jobs. This story was posted on 2014-04-27 02:32:05
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