I consider my random thoughts from God if they were:
- Peaceful Clear
- Consistent Kind
- Loving Welcoming of scrutiny
- Patient Comforting
- Uplifting Instructive
- Seldom needing to be responded to in a hurry
I put them down as coming from myself if they:
- Were a logical processed outcome of things I had learned or deduced
- Appealed to my ego
- Varied all the time depending on the information I received
- Would eventually make me look good in front of others
However, if the spontaneous thoughts were along these lines:
- An accusation
- Confusing
- Promoted fear and panic
- Rejected scrutiny
- Produced guilt
- Created anxiety and generally unsettled me
- Were pushy or urgent, wanting to be done in a hurry – a driving compulsion to do it – now,
Then I ascribed it to the spiritual realms but not the heavenly ones.
From Soul Survivor (the guy who spent 40 days in the Tararuas ….Paul Hawker)