The PEP Institute: Software as a Sacred Service

What do you want now?

I’ve been asking myself this question lately—not what I wanted last year or even what I imagine I’ll want two years from now, but what I genuinely want now.

And then comes the deeper question:

Are the decisions I’m making aligned with what I say I want?

Because wanting is one thing. Deciding is another.

And sometimes the clearest evidence that we’ve actually made a decision is that something in our behavior changes.

So I’m sitting with this one myself—and passing the question to you:

What do you want now? And what decision does it require of you?

Have you had moments when you knew something before you could explain how you knew it.

When this happens we might notice a shift in somebody’s tone.

Their words sounded right, but something in their behavior didn’t quite match.

A business opportunity looked good on paper, but we didn’t have peace about it.

Or we walked into a room and immediately sensed that something felt different.

We usually call that “trusting our gut.”

But it’s also about perception.

It’s our ability to notice what’s not being said, recognize patterns, and pay attention to what may be happening under the surface.

Scripture doesn’t tell us to follow every feeling blindly. Because feelings can come from fear, past experiences, assumptions, or old wounds.

That’s why we have to test what we feel.

Get still.

pray.

pay attention.

Ask better questions.

And we invite the Holy Spirit to help us discern what’s true.

Sometimes that inner nudge isn’t telling us to run.

It might be telling us to slow down, look again, and stop dismissing what we’re noticing.

Discernment isn’t suspicion.

And trusting our gut doesn’t mean being impulsive.

It means honoring the signal without allowing the signal to control us.

We can trust what we perceive and still test what we feel.

Because sometimes our perception recognizes the pattern before our minds have gathered all the proof.

There are times when your body knows before your words do.

Before you can explain it, name it, or make sense of it — your body may already be sending a signal.

The Frequency of Feelings™ Quiz was created to help you pause, listen, and read what your feelings may be revealing.

A complimentary 10-question quiz from The PEP Institute.

Check your Frequency of Feelings.

https://www.thepepinstitute.com/frequency-of-feelings-reading