When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat - Webs

offended or feel insulted. I wish my children would interrupt
me more often. Now, as I was saying, in this world of change
you have chosen to be here... .”
“Chosen to be here, Lord? How could we possibly have
chosen to be born?”
“Do you think for one instant that you appeared out of
nothingness into the body you currently have? No, you existed
before and will continue to exist after your body is gone.
And as to the choosing process... .”
I interrupted Him again. “Pardon me, but are you saying
that we were living, thinking beings before we were born?
And that we chose to be here? I mean, how come we don’t
remember?”
“First,” God answered, “If you insist on the framework
of time as you understand it—in a before and after continuum—yes,
you were conscious energy beings before this earth
life.
“Because of the challenges and opportunities for
growth and experimentation in an earth life, many chose to
come here. <strong>You</strong> chose the country, the period of history, your
parents and even your friends. <strong>You</strong> made an agreement prior
to your birth. The agreement took place at levels that you
don’t consciously remember. But the higher self of you, the
self which knows me well, understands and remembers.
“If your conscious self would listen to your higher, inner
self, you’d have the answers to many of your questions.
<strong>You</strong>’d be guided in times of stress and comforted in times of
sorrow. It is I who speak to you with the still small voice. Even
in your loneliest moments you’re never alone. Even in the
depths of the furnace of affliction I’m there with you.”
“Lord, I have a million questions,” I said. “I don’t know
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