Call it whatever you like but if the unexplainable can't be explained then what is the explanation? Is it more logical to "blame it on the rain" as the 80's song claimed? Or is there another option, one that, while seemingly unbelievable, becomes obvious when compared to the alternative?
When reading the book of Esther I am amazed every time at the incredible number of "coincidences" that exist in this one small history book. The strange circumstance that doesn't seem to have ever happened before that led to Queen Vashti being deposed. The Coincidence that ushered in Esther as Queen. It just so happened that her surrogate Father was known by the King and his officials. It was an accident that Mordecai overheard the plot to kill the king. It was happenstance that the night before Haman was to kill Mordecai the king couldn't sleep and was read the record from the day that Mordecai spilled the beans and foiled the assassination attempt. Sheer dumb luck that brought Haman to the lowly place of escorting Mordecai around town on the kings horse and in the kings robe, proclaiming about his enemy, this is one the king delights to honor.
And it goes on and on. A mystery? A quandary? The unknown? Or something more real. More concrete. More believable though it seems crazy at times.
There is a God who loves us and works in ways we cannot see to lead and guide and protect and move and comfort and bring about.
How many things in your life can you "not explain"? Did you ever think it might be the one thing you thought it couldn't be? A God who loves you? Nah, you keep believing in fairy tales, like luck, and chance.
Thoughts on the Bible, Church, life and living it to its full potential in Jesus Christ!
1 comment:
Getting caught up on your blog. I would like it if you would put the scripture you read that day on the blog so I can read along with you. Thanks, Honey.
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