For eight days now, I've tapped that metaphorical microphone and asked for any listening deities or supreme beings to provide a return message. Will going another 32 days make me any more open-minded than I already am?
I'm reminded of an experience that I had years ago with deliverance, which for the uninitiated is the term used by charismatics to describe the casting out of demons. My discipler had recommended that we pray together with an elder in our church who was purported to have that particular spiritual gift.
Together the three of us prayed at the church offices for my heretofore unnamed demons to be cast out. We prayed for a few minutes, and they asked if I felt anything. I said, "no." We prayed for a few more minutes, after which I felt silly enough that I blurted out "I just don't believe anything's happening here."
"Ah-hah!" said the elder and my discipler. "Now we know what the problem is!" Then they began to rebuke and cast out the "demon of unbelief." To the best of my memory, I never noticed anything happening, but it satisfied the faith requirements of the other two. The power of faith is amazing.
