Hi Jennifer, There is nothing called luck. It only exists for agnostic/atheist people. Whatever happens to you is known to God before hand.
God has plans for every body and intervenes in human life. For pagan people, they do not know how to account for the sudden change/incidents/betterment in their life, and they term it as luck. For us, it is God's intervention. God may be giving us one more chance, so that we may listen to him or he is really changing the course of our life so that we can serve/witness him better. Fate does not exist. Our God is a just God; he does not make fixed path for people and make people suffer for that. If something is set for a person(the so called "Fate"), irrespective of the person's behavior/wishes/acts, then God can not judge him for his deeds. It will be against his nature. God gives everyone chance to lead one's life according to his plan; but he gives us freedom to choose our way. It is only our deeds, that get us to the end, and we are judged for that. If one pleads before God, he will surely change one's course of life. Fate, to me, is a dangerous concept. God always gives us sufficient warnings(through his words, parents, elders, prophets, priests, incidents in our life, common sense etc.,) before any incident happens in our life. What he requires from us is the willingness to change our life according to his plan. The concept of fate gives people a way to offer excuses for ignoring the warnings/justifying their wrong doings and to get some sympathy. The people who blame fate often tends to ignore the lessons from their past and repeat the same mistakes. Many people tells that if they get one more chance in life, then they would not reach the same situation as they are in now/lead a better life. This itself shows that they had sufficient warnings, and they have ignored them. That is all there is to it. Your friend in Christ, Thomas Hello Joynetters, There was this one question that came to my mind which I would like to share with u all and request your comments on the same. Should a Christian believe in Luck, fate?? Does Luck, fate really at play in human life?? Awaiting your replies. Love & Prayers Jennifer The way of obedience is the way of blessing. ============================================================================ === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================================ === **************************Disclaimer************************************************ Information contained in this E-MAIL being proprietary to Wipro Limited is 'privileged' and 'confidential' and intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed. You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in the E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. *************************************************************************************** =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
