I don’t believe in coincidence. I haven’t for a long time now. As I look back at
all the trials, changes, and moments that have steered my life I can’t believe
that they were all just coincidence. Too many times something has put me on a
different path. Too many times a triumph or tragedy has helped to shape my soul.
Too many times an unexpected event has moved me to grow into who I was meant to
be. Far too much has happened for me to believe that anything other than the
Loving Hand of God was responsible.
I got a letter in the mail today. It was from someone I didn’t know who had
recently been sent a story that I wrote over ten years ago. That story had
floated around the internet landing on different sites and being read on
different computers. Finally, one person who saw it thought that it might appeal
to a friend of his. His friend had no computer so he copied it out on his
printer and mailed it to him. At that moment his friend was in a crisis that no
one else knew about. He was questioning himself, God, and even if life was worth
living.
Just at the right moment the letter arrived in his mailbox. He opened it up and
saw the copy of my story. He read it and it spoke to his soul. He realized again
that God loved him and that life was worth living. Then he sat down and wrote to
his friend and to me. As I was reading his letter I could take no credit for
helping him. God had given me those ideas and the words to share them over a
decade ago. God had kept those words alive online. God had moved someone to
share them at just the right time to change his friend’s life..
Now some people may say that this was all coincidence, but I know better. This
and things like it happen every day to all of us. We are all connected. We are
all part of a Divine, Loving Tapestry. Coincidence? There is no such thing.
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