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So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

A lot of times we see choices in front of us, and we limit ourselves by what we see. God wants us to see His way of doing things. And His way is always greater than our ways.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

Try to remember that decisions are made by individual, fallible personalities, not gods. It's hard. I know.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all.

The faith-based thing is really important for me. There are certain situations that I would not have been able to make through without the promises He makes and gave for us.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.