Getting the Attention of your Chosen God or Goddess

Let it be known that the inspiration for this post is coming from readings from the blog  "Keeping her Keys" by Cyndi Brannen.

Cyndi talks specifically about connecting with Hekate, who I am currently working with, but her message here is wide and sings true to any of us who sometimes feel that we are left alone in our most hurt filled states of aloneness.
We think..is anyone listening?
Can anyone hear us?

When we are working with the energies of the Gods and Goddesses our efforts need to be focused on taking in the strengths of those particular entities so that our lives can be enriched by what their teachings are.

Because we see these energies as being very much alive and that our Gods and Goddesses are much easier to imagine if they are actually made human we must treat them as we would good friends.

Why would someone want to speak to you if you only call them occasionally or only if you want something?
Why would someone want to be close to you in you are constantly in their face asking for help especially since they have been teaching you to be self resilient.
Would you keep talking if no one was listening?

If you cannot learn from the teachings of your Gods and Goddesses then you should not be asking anything from their either.

There are many to choose from and the first step is to make the right choice.
What you think you may want may not be what is right for you.

If so, your chosen God/dess will be distant and will not communicate.
There will be little in the form of signs or there may be many as you get the signal that you should be looking elsewhere for your answers.

Often we are asked to dig deeper and to see that what we want from our chosen ancient one is not what we are going to get.

So, for instance, asking for a new partner or love in your life may turn out to really be about accepting the challenge to learn to love oneself first, or to find courage to stand on our own, or to find the strength the accept that part of our life journey may be about trusting that aloneness is not the same as loneliness.

When you find that the nudge is that you need to listen to - then listen.

Those chosen God/desses are still there  but they are telling you that it is not their place to help you right now and that you need to understand that you need to look in a different direction which may require is stronger or gentler presence.

Ask for help in a mediation or during a ritual and then wait patiently for the signs to be clear.
If you really wish to achieve your goals the answers will be there.
Don't ignore them.