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Mrs.Above_All -> With so many "counsel" around us (5/16/2008 4:09:43 AM)
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As a believer, we are taught to honor those who give us good counsel and to also ask for it. Each and every one of us are surrounded by many people in our life...our parents, our pastor, our friends, our accountability partners, etc....and not all of these people are necessarily Christians. I do believe that G-d can indeed work through anyone He wants to to send us a word and intervene. My parents for example are not believers but there has been instances in my life when G-d did indeed us them very specifically (besides use them as good parents). Sometimes you end up getting all kinds of "advice" from everywhere, even similar ones. They all make sense and they seem very wise...
At times though it can be very challenging. There are times when I feel that as wise as some advice and counsel can be, I often wonder if it what I am told is contrary to my faith as a believer. Here's a few examples...
I'm engaged to be married and throughout my courtship I have received many advice from others. Much of them were "Be careful advise." A friend of mine, who didn't know what it was like to grow up with a truly loving family and who has other friends who have had bad experiences always gave me such "be careful advice". My parents and her friends have given me the same kind of cautionary advice. For example, recently my mom suggested that when I get married that I have separate accounts "just in case". She talked to her friend and how her friend's cousin had a horrible experience of her ex-husband taking saved money out of the accounts for his own adulterous pleasure. So she told me again to have separate accounts for awhile until you truly feel it's safe. She even did that as well. My dad and mom had their own checking account for several years before they canceled.
Upon first thought, it sounds rational. It sound wise. But as I thought about it more, doing this is like signing up for a prenup. "Just in case...you should do this safeguard yourself." I don't see anything wrong with each spouse having their own account for their own leisure spending but the reason for the advice to simply think, "You never know what could happen." I thought about some more and this is what led me to start this thread.
It's obvious that not all advice and counsel comes from G-d. It's also obvious that we can know if it is not from G-d if it can't be supported biblically. In my example I know that by having separate accounts to protect myself from possible hardships undermines my faith in G-d that He is my Protector. It would also communicate to my future husband that I have no trust in him at all. It would be contrary to those wise words in Proverbs to trust in the L-rd and not lean on your own understanding.
Can you give examples in your own life, past or present where you have been or are being tested with various advice and counsel and how have or can you support or deny that advice biblically?
Sorry so long! lol
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