My Take on Hearing the Voice of God

All of us have been guilty of listening to other people, or ourselves, before we hear what God has to say. Often what others have to say is easier for us to receive, so we tend to accept them readily as "God speaking to us through others". Then we go our merry way without really asking or waiting for God to speak directly to us.

Yes, yes, yes, He speaks spirit to spirit to all His creation. It is usually without the form of language. However, one way we can translate what He is saying Spiritually is by finding a similar situation in the Bible and reading what God desired concerning the same dilemma. When everything He says can be verified as having been already spoken to a Biblical prophet in the past, we can "know" it is God.

Please also note, nature, the mind and evil spiritual entities may also speak to you using words also found in the Bible. But they are twisted, fragmented and distorted to suit your desires. God speaks directly to your spiritual "need", evil speaks to your fleshly lusts and will confirm something contrary to the design of God. Evil speaks words to you that you can use for excuses for not doing the right thing. "Evil" is not always the devil. Evil can be your own thoughts, dogma and conclusions on any given subject.

God speaks words of love and encouragement that strengthen and gives one hope. I want to encourage everyone to take the time to listen for personal words of God coming in the "still small voice" (like the conscience)from deep within.

There are so many ways God delivers a message to us. Watch creation, read the Bible, listen to the teacher and preacher at church, listen to people talk and above all commune with Him alone where most of the words impact our spirit...ready to be translated, saturated in unconditional love and always proving to be "right" in the end.

Why FIRST ROSE Should Be Read

A day fishing, golfing or recreating is as refreshing to the soul as it is to the body. Likewise, a day shopping, relaxing at the spa or just being with family can briefly draw the spirit into another realm renewing both mind and emotions.

Indeed a good book on a lazy day or a sleepless night can sweep one from the fray of every day living into a world where imagination refuels creativity and expectations.

FIRST ROSE is that book. It will escort you into new visions of the worlds to come, generate hope and sweetly unveil lost or suppressed dreams bringing them to life again.

FIRST ROSE is not just imagination and fantasy. It is full of sights, sounds and events that could actually be part of our future.

Written with the Bible as guide and taking into account the dreams, visions, near death experiences and beliefs of hundreds of others, Mary Barton Wilcox has woven a literary masterpiece describing her concept of heaven.

FIRST ROSE is an entire book devoted to the inevitable appointment facing us all. From physical death to the throne of God, there is an unending parade of the spectacular.

At the close of the last chapter, only a long deep breath can inhale the immense joy and happiness that will flood the very air around you. Tears will flow, not because of sadness, but for gladness. At last, someone dared to write a book embracing the expectations of all who call themselves the children of God.

OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK

With the brush of reality, the colors of dreams and the stroke of bravery, FIRST ROSE became the canvass for a literary masterpiece.

Hope and happiness are relived in this extraordinary work of fiction. Peace and assurance flood the mind as this book escorts one past the inevitable appointment that awaits us all and into an incredible detailed account of Heaven.

Reality and fiction are woven together creating a book worth keeping and passing on from generation to generation.

What parts are fiction, only the reader can decide. Inspired by creation and the Bible, it is full of spectacular sights and reference to sounds expected in eternity. Its compilation was inspired by years of ministry with people concerning their supernatural experiences which could be supported by Biblical truth.

FIRST ROSE restores insight into life to come and gives every cloud of circumstance here a silver lining. It gives the reader a fresh reality of the existence of a just and loving Creator. It regenerates the possibility that some (if not all) of the occurrences written in the book could actually be true one day.