Thanks sincerely, TR and Geri. I think God has most valuably equipped us, and progressively teaches us, to adapt. Sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's absolutely meaningless. Time and chance certainly do happen to all men as Solomon wrote, even despite someone being a believer in Jesus or not. Consider the class of all living things, most notably considering our bodies -- what God has done!!!! It's God's work of ADAPTABILITY -- in spades!! Believers' "times and chances" are phases of our never-ending. We're gonna' make it, whether dead or alive at the last phase! Still adaptable! It sucks that my computer died. :yes: Also my 1957 Ford Fairlane convertible back in 1962. PS -- Adaptability is also demonstrated in 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 "But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you." Ultimate adaptability again! :yes: :good: God sovereignly and completely saves! Praise the Lord! TR I don’t know if God causes every little thing that happens, but I sure have seen Him use me in interesting ways and in interesting situations that have required my unique personality and skills. After He used me, He would move me on to the next divine appointment. Most of the time I would have a deep sense that I had finished the work that God appointed me to do. I am sure I have missed opportunities that He has set before me as well. I doubt though that God ordains when I refill the dog’s water bowl, brush my teeth, or put a load of laundry in, but I could be wrong. B-) Thanks, Joan. God feeds all the animals while in the wild, and your own animals are blessed by you. Right? You help them because you love them, and God knows that. Right? He uses you to care for those creatures He cares about. Teeth and laundry are enabled -- both to believers and non-believers alike -- because God has granted extensive intelligence to enabled water utilities and men to adapt our pipes in the ground and pressure to drive them. In my thread here, although God might have somehow "allowing" or even "caused" my computer to die, 1) my ministry work was necessarily interrupted while 2) He enabled me to adapt to its replacement. My discouragement and frustration did become a reluctant learning experience though. Also the benefit to RITA Now was that y'all were spared with my nonsensical "whys" and "what" ifs for a couple weeks. :wacko: I also suspect you'll adapt to that. :unsure: :mail: :yes: :mdrmdr:
Thank you Lord Jesus for adaptability -- and for all things new. Amen.
