Hearing the Voice of the Spirit

I was reminded of an experience I had repeatedly in relation to my cancer. I had to have a port put into my chest to make it easier for my chemotherapy. Because of that port, I needed to visit the doctor at least once a month to have it flushed with heparin, an anti-clotting medicine. I had the port removed after six months; waiting for a couple of CT scans to be sure that the chemotherapy had taken the proper effect. So, for a time, I went to the doctor monthly and had the heparin flush. A needle would be inserted into the port, which ran into my veins and they would inject a small amount of heparin and flush the tube. As the heparin entered my veins, I would get a distinctive sense of a smell of the heparin. I have never smelled heparin, it was always in a closed syringe; however, as I described the smell to the nurses, they agreed that it was the smell of heparin. They even mentioned that some people say that they taste it.
In relating this experience, I liken it to our ‘hearing’ the voice of the Spirit when we are prompted. If, by having an injection of a medication I am able to smell it as if it were actually placed under my nose, what is to keep us from hearing a voice that guides and directs, in a very distinct manner, when the Holy Spirit talks to us. Because the Holy Ghost is a spirit, we are hearing with our physical ears a voice that is talking to our spirit. After that, it is up to us to listen and heed!