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I think I may have psychic abilities and my church does not really approve. Is there any reason to fear these abilities?
     
    Tt’s so interesting to me that it always seems to be the things that we don’t know or understand that we’re most afraid of. It’s hard for me to talk about this because it does cross the line of some people’s religious beliefs, and I do feel that everyone is entitled to believe what they want, worship how they want, so long as no one is harmed by their beliefs or the way they worship. But I do feel that if people knew what I know of the Other Side, they would realize that it doesn’t take anything away from religion. This ability, like any other ability, comes from God. God is all-powerful and all-providing. There is nothing we have here that doesn’t come from God, so that must include my ability (or yours!) to have a connection with spirits who have crossed to the eternal realm beyond the life of the physical body. We just tend to fear what we don’t know—whether it’s dying or waiting to get the results of a test. Or sometimes, just the terminology makes a difference between what’s accept-able and what is “bad” or “not allowed.” For instance, it may be true that certain religions will not be accepting of a “psychic,” but they are very comfortable with the idea of a “prophet.” And just to be clear, I am not, not, not calling myself a prophet! But as I understand it, a prophet is one who receives a message somehow—sometimes in a dream or another way that the Bible doesn’t even make clear—and can tell what is going to happen, or receives and passes along a tiny part of what God’s plan is for a particular person or group of people at a particular time. The message may be different, usually more important than the kind of message someone like myself might hear from a client’s deceased family member. But the means may not be that different. I can’t tell you how many times one of my clients will share with me that they had a powerful dream that made them understand something or warned them of something or gave them some message that they needed to hear—and these people don’t even consider themselves psychic, much less prophets! Sometimes the messages I get are things that my client can act on, that may protect them in some way, but oftentimes they really aren’t. They are just confirmations that the spirit is who they say they are because they know things the client can confirm. So I admit that the importance of the message is really limited to just that person, but still it isn’t harmful in any way, and I have to assume, on the face of the evidence, that the intention behind a loved one on the Other Side communicating in this way is to make that person here feel better.
    I think, basically, people just need to learn to make the distinction between good psychics and lousy ones, instead of lumping everyone together. Even in the Bible, God warns against false prophets, right? So use your sense. If you see a big red neon hand that says PSYCHIC READINGS $5, or run into someone who would tell a client that she needs to bring them a wheelbarrow full of cash, or a toaster, or a pillow case, or whatever you might want to think twice. There’s a good chance that individual is a charlatan, or as I call them, a “boardwalk psychic.” I wish I could give a more definite answer to this, but I really don’t want to place myself in opposition to someone’s religious beliefs. It would be like I’m saying, “I’m a higher authority,” to contradict what someone’s church was telling them. All I can do is speak for myself to say that, as God is my witness, in my heart, I am only trying to do good, only positive, loving work with the ability I’ve been given. I think if you have this ability, that is the test you should give yourself. After that, personally, I don’t care what name anyone gives me or what I do so long as