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God Incidents - God's Will In Our Life
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Moore's
Chapel Home Missions & Evangelism Devotions
Beautiful Children's
Devotions - Teen
Devotions -
The
Walk To The Cross
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As it turned out, [Ruth] found herself working in a field belonging to
Boaz. Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem (Ruth 2:3-4 NIV).
"The first girl you meet will become your wife." No, this
wasn't the prediction of a fortune teller To quickly make my point, the first girl I met that year at college was Lois Farra--no Bride of Frankenstein! And two and a half years later she changed her last name to "Watkins." A coincidence, perhaps. I would rather think of it as one of my friends calls it: "A God-incident." Throughout life God is orchestrating His will for our lives with "as it turned out" and "just then" incidents. Lois just "happened to be" for first person I met. Recently, when our car broke down several miles from home, a neighbor "just happened" to have had to work late and "just happened" to notice us beside the road. When Lois and a friend from out of town, missed an appointment with each other at the hospital where both needed to call on parishioners, Lois decided to pick up some supplies at a Christian bookstore several miles from the hospital. "As it turned out" her friend "just happened" to be at the very same store!
© James N. Watkins |
or a 900-number "psychic
friend." My pastor's wife was trying to console me after a break-up of
an engagement and the feeling that I'd never, ever find true love. "The
first girl you meet at Marion College will become your wife. I just feel
that's what the Lord is telling me." I was skeptical, but I did go back
to school with a sense of fear that the "Bride of Frankenstein"
would be waiting for me.