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Viva The Las Vegas I Remember
“I would never go there,” the group’s leader said––the person with all the religious status. His remark silenced comments from others. “If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too? If I see someone has a suspicious nose, have I not smelled the same bad things?” Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club I had told coworkers that for my birthday my husband surprised me with tickets to fly to Las Vegas to see Celine Dion. This guy’s comment made me think how easy it is to make wide verbal swipes against people and places. What made him think he knew anything about the…
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Sovereignty and Providence: What’s the Difference?
Maybe good things have happened to you that you could not have imagined or arranged for yourself. That’s providence. Maybe bad things have happened that you didn’t want or see coming and didn’t think you deserved. That’s sovereignty. In both cases, I’m referring to the providence and sovereignty of God. On one occasion, when given opportunity to ask an eminent preacher a question, I asked him, “What’s the difference between God’s Sovereignty and Providence?” His dismissive answer, “There is none.” I disagree. And I have spent a good bit of time and thought to answer that question myself. Lessons from My Life Three different families at three different times and…
