Besides, I don’t recall in the book ever hearing how this divining of God’s will actually works, except that we “try on” answers and second-guess ourselves a lot. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the author when he wrote about his horse-riding accident and the regret he lived with after the fact because he asked the Lord if he should ride, but he never asked the Lord where he should ride. He recalled praying over the horses and feeling “like it wasn’t working,” but he went out anyway because he just wanted to go for a ride like a normal person. Surely, this is misplaced shame.
