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Originally Posted by Timmy
How can you tell if a train wreck wasn't really God's intended outcome that doesn't look good to us puny-minded humans?
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From another thread, about a store clerk who used the name of Jesus to send a robber away:
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Glad no one got hurt. And it is apparent the guy was turned away by the lady's response and perhaps even by divine intervention.
I admittedly have mixed feelings about this story. Especially when the lady says, "The most important thing is that God prevailed - in a situation that could have been very bad."
If things had turned out "very bad" God would have been there even prevailing and showing himself strong. I am finding and slowly accepting that in our weakness God shows His strength. When the cancer is NOT miraculously healed. When tragic death suddenly comes. There is God also - providing comfort and peace. Not because things are as we wish, but in spite of the same - faith still works and He prevails.
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So, it seems that no matter what happens to us, even if we would think of it as "very bad", God might think it is a good thing. We have no way of pronouncing judgment on an outcome of some endeavor or prayer or use of the name "Jesus". Actually, we must declare
everything "good", since, whatever it was, God wanted it that way. ("We" meaning you guys, actually!
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