This just bugged the tar out of me.

Ok....some days things just get to me more than others...I'm sure some people can relate. So when I saw this over at the Pyromaniac's blog I just couldn't let it go.

I do love to read what they write most of the time...but whoever wrote this article was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off in my opinion. They were reviewing a book entitled A Proverb's Driven Life by Anthony Selvaggio, and the comment made was this:

However, I didn't love Selvaggio's apparently-approving quotation of William Arnot in the context of finding a mate: “Our Father loves to be consulted in this great life-match for his children, and they who ask His advise [sic] will not be sent away without it” (144). So... ask God which one of the hundreds of thousands of eligible singles to marry, and He'll.... do what? Offer His opinion? Verbally? By direct revelation? Perhaps a vision? This offers false hope (and imposes a false, unbearable burden) without Biblical warrant; thankfully, it is an exception.

My response was ??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So they don't believe the Holy Spirit speaks in a still, small voice with conviction?! Why on earth do you pray if you don't expect answers?!! Well, they're wrong. I prayed and God answered. I knew John was "the One" for me as sure as I knew I was saved. Not a doubt. I knew if I didn't marry him I'd be making the biggest mistake of my life. It was more than a feeling. It was this persistent absolute assurance only the Holy Spirit can give. The kind of assurance my parents had when God called them to be missionaries. They knew to whom and to where. God does speak to people, and on something as important as marriage--you had better ask and listen for His advice!!!
There ya go! Sorry. Ok. So I'm not really sorry. Totally infuriated me! Just in case you couldn't tell with all my punctuation plastered all over the place... ;-)