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Trusting in Providence
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 11:41:05 PM »
An Elder, "A man who keeps death before his eyes will at all times overcome his cowardliness."


Trusting in Providence
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2013, 07:38:30 AM »
How does one distinguish between providence and bad luck?

It is not always obvious when one should trust and do nothing to correct their difficult circuмstances and when one should fight to repair the damage or replace the loss.

If the fingers on your mouse hand get shattered broken in a freak vending machine accident is that God telling you to stay off the internet or just a weird accident?

If you cannot get a job or hold down a job, is that Providence telling you that God does not want you working at all, or working in the field you were in, or God, life, reality, suggesting that you need to learn to hold down a job and perhaps change your attitudes or ways of dealing with people around you?

Angels appearing to people and speaking to them make it clear what the will of God was.  In life, however, we don't typically hear voices from Heaven.


Trusting in Providence
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2013, 11:09:04 PM »
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+ Prayers.

Trusting in Providence
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2013, 11:55:44 PM »
It does seem tough to tell what s a 'sign' or His will and what is the work of man...

We dont usually get that lucky to have such clarity.

Trusting in Providence
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2013, 01:17:09 PM »
Yes, you have to consider everything and weigh all factors not just what could be simple normal occurrences of runs of tough times, or some spiritual warfare.

More (and higher quality) prayer before anything that tends to go badly for you unusually is helpful.