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A beautiful lyric by Jenny Philips.

Virtues of God-Obedience:

♦ Inner pondering / Inner weighing.
To me it is the ability to innerly consider and weigh things within the equilibrium of the heart. The ability to assign value and importance to what is discerned within the listening heart — as if you weigh the importance and significance of something in one’s hand.
The growing desire to know what is being wished for from the Divine — an inner state of listening discernment.
Not necessarely with the intention to 'obey', but to expand and deepen ones listening awareness first (before deciding which way to go etc).

♦ Continual refinement of this weighing attititude of mind.
The conscious awareness to continuously refine this pondering and weighing within the heart – even when you think you have understood the value / depth / significance of something. The process in itself is a continual process and a virtue in itself.

♦ The courage to be the one you feel you are meant to be.

A virtue of God-obedience:

♦ Intuïtion—
Or the courage to trust your Intuitive faculties and to act upon them accordingly.

I would like to describe Intuition and ones Intuitive Faculties as the means whereby the soul communicates the consciousness of the Higher Self [Oneness in God] to the lower self [here and Now].

When your soul abides within this listening attitude of mind, of intuitive sensing and listening, you can also feel that God in a most loving and intimate way is always calling us, his loved ones. He radiates and emanates a continual invitation to abide . . ! To abide and commune with him in his Consciousness, Being and world.

The words Obey and Abide—
The word ‘obedience’ comes from the Latin root word oboedire, which means ‘to listen’. Having a listening ear to the consciousness and Presence of God. Throughout human history this word is often associated with and interpreted as a demand or a command. However, on the inner planes one can feel that it’s not about obeying but about ‘abiding’. To innerly abide in the consciousness of God wherein one is receiving and listening to what is conveyed to you. It is actually the only way for our God to convey to us his Presence and for us to receive his consciousness and to commune with everlasting Life and Present awareness.
So obedience (or Conformity to ones Inner Blueprint) naturally follows this intimate and loving state of communion. For it is because you innerly know the sound and emanation of God’s Presence that you are able to discern how it is calling you.

Describing Intuitive feelings—
I myself try to give words to intuitive feelings as much as possible in a variety of ways. I try to grasp and feel the essence that is conveyed and sometimes I train myself to express this essence in 4 - 5 different ways of saying.
Sometimes intuititive feelings are very clear and sometimes it’s very subtle.
It is not always easy to listen and follow your intuition, because in day to day life there is a lot of distraction. And yes, sometimes it takes courage to follow your intuition. But, making notes and writing down your inspirations can help to become more consciously aware of all that is essential and to act upon these promptings accordingly. In so doing you will start to assign more value to your intuitive inspirations. And sometimes [through your attentiveness] there is the transfer of so much more to digest.

So I would say, ABIDE—whenever you can . . . !

As I muse upon the Virtues I consider the following attitudes of mind also as Virtues of God-Obedience.

♦ Acknowledgement—
Giving obeisance and acknowledgement to the Greatness of God, the All Embracing I AM.
And likewise to the Greatness of your own individual I AM Presence and its ever widening perspectives.

♦ The Joy of Living—
Being glad and joyfully in touch with your own Life. To live your Life in joy and gladness (over and over again) in answer to the wonderful Gift of Life you have received.