Does God Speak Through Fortune Cookies?

I posted the picture of the twin fortunes I got along with the receipt showing that it was on Saturday the 26th. The funny think that I did not mention in the last blog is that my fortune stated, "Ideas you may believe as absurd ultimately lead to success!" Okay God! I do think He uses everything to speak to us as long as we pay attention. I stole this title from Shawn, my husband, after he shared with me a fortune cookie incident in which he asked,"Do you think God speaks through fortune cookies?"

I got a call today and my appointment is Tuesday the 13^th @ 10:30AM. I am very anxious about the appointment. I will be 13 weeks and not 14 like in my dream. I was telling God that He better give me my appointment during my 14^th week like in my dream! And He spoke back to me in my spirit, my “inside voice” and said, “It doesn’t matter when I give you your appointment because you know it is true that you are having twins.” Then I remembered the scriptures in John:

10:27 (New International Version):27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

10:3-5 (New International Version) 3The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice."

I keep having these doubts and fears like, “What if I missed it God and just put myself out there?” I have to constantly cast all of that aside and remember that I KNOW how the Lord speaks to me and when those verses are brought to my mind, it calms my fears.

On Thursday I saw my old boss and was prompted by the Holy Spirit to tell her how God has been speaking to me about these twins! She is not a believer that I know of. She just sort of looked at me and said, “We’ll see.” After I ran into her I went to BJ’s and I saw a lady pushing a cart in the parking lot with twin boys in it! That same day a friend had a dream about me with my 2 older boys with two smaller babies!

I was thinking about baby names since I thought they were both boys. I was going over all of my favorite boy names that I used to fight Shawn for when deciding our other 2 boy’s names. One name we have agreed on and with the second name, nothing sounded right at all. It was strange because all of my favorite names were just not appealing. Then I figured one must be a girl! YAH! I want a girl so bad. Maybe I am wishful thinking.

Shawn and I decided on the name last Monday: Alexis Brooke. So then, Thursday at the play ground a lady goes to get her daughter and she says, “Come on Brooke!”. Friday I took David to a doctor's appointment and I signed him in under another signed-in child's name “Alexis”. I only could focus on that name and everything else was blurry. Coincidence? Okay God, one is a girl?!?!I was talking to someone about it and she was thinking that one is a girl too!

Hearing His voice takes a lot of practice and when you know it, you know it. Like when you know your child’s cry or you know your husband's voice as soon as you answer the phone. It is all about spending the time with Him and learning how He speaks. I use the same confirmation technique when doing anything with the Prayer Ministry. I never want to do something that is just my idea before moving forward. I want to make sure it is ordained by God so it will flourish. I want to make sure I get confirmation over and over from Him. So I have to tell my self everyday, I know your voice God, I have no fear and I know I will see 2 little beans on the ultrasound next Tuesday, I know You will show up BIG! I would not even post this twin thing or have told anyone seriously in faith about it if it weren’t for Him, His purpose and His idea!