I'm listening now. I want to hear His voice. I want to avoid the "black ice" on the road ahead.

Last week we had a wopper of a NASTY ice storm here.   The day before we heard on the news we might be getting some moisture, maybe even some snow & watch out for possible ice.   That morning I went out to my car to drive to work.  I saw some frost on my wind shield, but the road looked clear.  I got in the car, started the engine, turned on the defroster, both front & back windows & called my boss to tell him I might be a few minutes late.  I was about to grab my scraper to scrape the remaining *frost* off my windshield when there was a knock on my driver side window.  I rolled down the window & my brother-in-law (lives a few doors down & hardly ever says anything) informs me "you're not going to work today".  I asked him why?  He motioned for me to follow him & started walking towards the main road.  I followed & just outside of our apartment driveway exit I saw a big red truck upside down in the ditch in front of us, a cop car with lights on.  I told my brother (i-l) thanks & went back to my car, shut it off & called my boss to tell him I wasn't going to be late, I wasn't coming in at all.   

Throughout the day I heard reports of traffic accidents & falls, & other issues caused by the 'invisible' ice,  what we here call BLACK ICE.  One was particularly disturbing because it was an ambulance coming into town, it rolled over, caught fire & all 3 died.  Other emergency units couldn't get to them in time, because of the ice.  As a previous volunteer EMT, I know all to well that every time that ambulance goes out, those EMT's know they are risking their lives, they don't know what situation they'll be facing.  My heart breaks for them and their families.   

But that's not why I'm telling this story.  

Life today is some times like the roads that day.  They look "all clear"  but danger lurks just on the surface, invisible danger.   It's only by listening to Yahuah's voice, the voice of Ruach Ha Kodesh (some of you know Him as Holy Spirit")   Most of the time we are just normally go about out our business, hopefully our Father's business.  But every now and then He will speak to us and tell us no, I need to you to "stay home" today.  I don't necessarily mean literally stay home (though sometimes that's true).  I mean sometimes He tells us not to do something we think would be the right thing to do.  This has happened to me.  Sometimes I listened, and all went well.  Sometimes, I didn't and things went awry, sometimes even became chaotic.   

Do I actually hear a literal voice?  No, I haven't yet, I'm not saying it's not possible though.  No, most of the time it's that "still small voice" we often hear of, a tug on my spirit, a feeling in my gut, a thought that passes through my mind, a word I read in His Scriptures.  The important thing is to LISTEN.  

I wish I'd listened more.  

I'm listening now.  I want to hear His voice.  I want to avoid the "black ice" on the road ahead.    Life is not always what it looks like.  I need to hear His voice.