I affirm you for your honestly, transparency and quest to venture more deeply as to what God may be saying to you through this. Thank you for sharing…it is an encouragement to see your obedience to God’s calling here! Blessings!

I agree that there’s nothing inherently wrong with drinking, but I’ve thought for quite awhile, (and folks in our communities are probably tired of hearing me say it), that our casual and often cavalier attitude about the use of alcohol seems to reveal a naiveté to the havoc it’s wrecking all around us and often an insensitivity to those in our communities who are susceptible to hurting themselves with it. I hope we’ll be different. I hope we’ll be increasingly wise, sensitive, loving, and as you’re demonstrating, increasingly attentive and responsive to the nudgings of God.

The other day I had a conversation with a friend of mine and we were discussing the verse wherein Jesus says to Peter, “If I want him [John] to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” What we were getting out of this is that though we share a common life in Christ, there is a very personal dimension where each of us has a unique path to walk upon in following Christ. This often will mean that what is alright for one Xian is not alright for another, that certain ethical and spiritual matters are between the disciple and his Lord.

I hope this will be season in which you are more firmly grounded in and oriented upon Jesus.