I don't believe in chance, coincidence, whatever you want to call it. You heard me right. As a born again believer, I believe that our lives are in the control of the Almighty Creator who places us in situations or puts people in our paths at just the right time and place. Yes, we have free will to either ignore or follow the Spirit's leading, but too many things have happened in my life to just chalk up to "coincidence".
For example: On Valentine's Day, I was at my daughter's school setting up for the 2nd grade party and needed to walk over to the other building to get more lemonade. In the hallway I passed by a person whose blog I had been reading then for several months but had never left a comment on even though I was thoroughly enjoying it. Even in my hurry I felt led to stop and introduce myself and let her know I was following (I had signed up to follow, just not commented up to this point). She wanted to know if I had a blog, to which I replied yes, but had just started. She began reading and we became fast bloggy friends.
On her 100th post, she listed the '100 things about me', and on one of them I nearly fell out of my chair! You see, over the past two years I had felt like God had given me an idea that kept coming back over and over again that I either ignored or forgot about. She had been given the same exact desire and I firmly believe the Lord had us cross paths that day for this specific reason. I quickly contacted her and she told me of another friend, who I happened to also know, who had the same idea too and this past week we finally all got together to begin talking.
Here we are, Jeanette, Amy, and myself, meeting for the first time to discuss an adoption and orphans ministry at our church. Say what you will, but this was just too perfect a situation to have just happened the way it did, this was God! (It was St. Patrick's day by the way and we all had our green on!)
Another example: At our little get together, Amy asked if we had seen the movie Firepr**f. Nope not yet. This was the second time in a week that I had been asked this question by two different people. That afternoon, a third inquiry about this movie came my way. Okay, God, you obviously want me to see this movie. So tonight, our friends came over and we watched it while our kids played. WOW! Very good movie! If you haven't seen it, go watch it...now!...go! Thanks, J & V for sharing.
There are more examples, too many to share, but do you see what I mean? It's like pieces to a puzzle that all fit together to create something bigger than ourselves. God is at work all around us, in all the little details of our lives (which I love because I'm a detail person). I don't want to miss any opportunities He has for me, I want to see Him in everything!
