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Casting Lots

4/25/2011

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I have recently developed a method to help me  stop obsessing/agonizing over decisions. I guess it is a form of "casting lots'.I can waste a lot of energy trying to make decisions over kind of small things that probably aren't that important. . I took 12 black beans, marked half with a silver Sharpie (yes)  and left the other ones plain (no). I pray and ask advice of others, but when I have no "gut" feeling of what to do,when I get conflicting advice, and when I  really am stuck and paralyzed, I draw 2 beans, and if the results are ambiguous, I draw 2 more.  It is a huge relief when I get a "clear answer".  Then I can stop thinking about it. Doesn't mean I make the best decision, just means I MAKE a decision.  Flipping a coin would be just as good, I think, but I like my beans.

I really wish we had some way of getting a clear answer from God on every subject we seek guidance in. I guess maybe he wants us to make mistakes sometimes so we can learn and grow from them.

I wish I knew more about how lots were cast in the Bible.  The Old and New Testaments make reference, but the details are sometimes sketchy. 

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