FOODFORTHOUGHT

From: Christian Pilgrims

This is a story about a husband rushing to the shopping center to find a last minute anniversary gift for his wife. Just as he was going through the door of the supermarket, an impatient shopper came rushing out, bumping an elderly lady and sending her parcels flying. No one stopped to help her.

John looked at his watch. In a few minutes the store would be dosed. What should he do? The poor old lady looked so upset.... Well, John helped her gather up everything. She gave him such a sweet smile, that he was charmed into seeing her safely to her bus. Then John dashed back to the supermarket, just as the security man had locked all the doors. So, all he could buy his wife was a bunch of flowers.

One night, about two months later, John was hundreds of miles from home, driving through a heavy rainstorm when his tire blew out. He found that his spare tire was also flat. So, dripping wet, he climbed back into the car and waited and waited in the dark.... Finally, he saw two headlights coming down the road.... He waved frantically, and the car stopped. Inside, was that same old lady he had helped some weeks before.

She explained that she was actually on the wrong road. Back somewhere, she had taken a wrong turn. And so it was by pure luck that she happened to be here, just when she could be of help.

Any Christian, of course, knows that there is no such a thing as luck. Luck is another word for God working behind things... like caring for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field and the hairs of your head, as Matthew says in 6:28.

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There is no such thing as luck
In a world where God is in command;
Luck is another word for God
Fulfilling in us His perfect plan.