“…There is no such thing is luck, or being “saved by the bell….”

We missed it by a hair.  You ever think how many times we could have “bit the dust,” but didn’t?  You ever, STOP, and THINK …..o’my….there is a God?  Or….God was sure looking after me then.  I know that I have.  I once ran for my local City Council, and had exactly 30 days to un-seat a 35-year incumbent.   I lost by 222 votes.  Not bad, as a lot of people actually thought that I would win, and I probably would have, had I had 6 weeks, instead of 4, to get the vote out.  But the FACT is….I lost.  Looking back… 30 years later…it was a blessings.  It is conceivable that I might have fallen victim to the same disease that so many politicians suffer with….. W-I-I-F-M.  More specifically known as “what’s-in-it-for-me.”  I missed it by a hair…thank you God.  Then there’s the fellow who missed his ride to the World-Trade-Center on 9/11/11, and subsequently lived to talk about it.  He missed it by a hair.  There’s all kinds of examples from the race-track results, to the lottery, or the wheel-of-fortune…. All by a hair.  The fact is… we don’t really miss anything by a hair.  If anything, we are “saved-by-the-will-of-God.”  There is no such thing is luck, or being “saved by the bell.”  Not so, unless God is ringing the bell.  Think about it this way… we all have a separate and different fingerprint (and nose print), and DNA.  Every intricate detail has been pre-ordained by God.  He has our number; He knows every step our footprint is to take.  Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Our every step is planned by God….it is we, the mere human, who doesn’t know how to “follow-the-plans.”  Instead, we choose the PERMISSIVE will of God, rather than the SUBMISSIVE will of God.  In other words, we have to learn things the hard way; which God allows us to do.  But, because of His grace, He is the God of second chances; which is what we mortals call being “saved by the bell.” …Blessings… cjlb…6/10/14  (Remember to VOTE today – vote the rascals OUT)

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