Medium

Not the size but the occupation. Have you ever seen the show Medium on NBC? Patricia Arquette plays a character (supposedly based on a real life lady) who has dreams and visions and can communicate with people who have died. I know that what I've just described to you is tv but there are plenty of real people who believe they possess this ability. From the palm readers at the carnival all the way to the psychic mediums who have parlayed their ability into world wide success, telling the future and communicating with the dead is a popular thing these days.
One of the more well known psychic mediums is John Edward. He's written books, has tv shows, and does readings in front of live audiences around the world.
For a while after my mom passed away, I thought very seriously about contacting a medium. I searched online and found several people in and around Nashville who call themselves mediums. I never made an appointment with any of them. I have to admit that part of the reason is that most of the people in an around Nashville that I found looked weird-scary weird. I kept thinking if I could only find one that looked normal like the clean cut John Edward, I might feel better about going. I know a huge part of my uneasiness about going was that I just really don't know what the Bible says about this issue. Did God give some of us these kind of abilities? And if so, why just some of us- why not everyone? Or, is this not from God? He offers us the promise that when people die in Christ, we will be reunited with them in Heaven. Is this promise supposed to be enough? God gave me ample time to really talk with my mother- I had 35 years with her here on Earth. I can't blame God or anyone else if things were left unsaid. Another point of contention was that I'm not sure I even believe people have these abilities.
In the end, I decided that my uneasiness about the whole thing was God's way of telling me that I didn't need to do this. I think in that period of time right after my mom passed, my grief was so intense that I started looking to anything to help the pain- I should have looked to God first and while I did make my way around to Him eventually, He should have been my first stop.
So, there are so many of you (and I just love it!!) that are so familiar with the Bible that you can hear a topic and just hand out the scripture. I would love to know what the Bible says about this subject. What do you think about it?