I was posting in another thread, and after it occoured to me that what I posted I believe had to do with God, and spiritual connection, as well as divine intervention.



Have you ever had a experience where you felt that God, or your higher power had interviened?

Heres the story, Whats yours?


I took a greyhound bus between Florida, and Texas, and we stopped in New Orleans, and there was a Popeyes, and myself, and another person were so hungry and had planned on chowing down when we got there.


We pulled in to the station just down from the resturant, and my friend said, well lets go, and I said... I dunno.. I for some reason felt we shouldnt go right then.. I was kinda in a daze..and ten I got a heavy feeling in my stomach, but still starving like hell.


two minutes later.. we heard shots fired.. looked over, saw that there was a scuffle in the resturant, and someone ran out, and across the street holding a gun in their hand.


The cashier had been shot, she refused the money, and it was a real police scene very soon after that.

No one at all has a story like this???

What about something telling you not to cross a street at a particular time??? When you didn't there was an accident between two vehicles at the time when you would have been in the crosswalk??

I've had that happen a couple of times when I was doing late night/early morning deliveries for a bakery.

Thanks JAG.

Yes well if not, i spose there will be buzzard circling entertainment.

At the very least, I figure there will be a few people who want to dispute any Divine Intervention. lol

I have. But I thinks its against mingle law for me to post in "christian singles".

Yeah thanks for the translation.

LOL.

Well..the buzzards wanna pick it apart. Some just wanna dispute...lol

yeah, bump.

Thank God for His intervention. So many times!

I agree with Jag on this one because so many times I wondered why I was late to getting to my detestation.I began to look further up and there would be a bad car wreck and if I had been just a few minutes earlier it could have been me.So I thank God every day for intervening in my life because I know he's not done with me yet.God intervenes in many different ways of life to protect us. God has a purpose for you to full fill in time it will be made known.Take care and stay blessed.For you have angels watching over you.

I second that!

I too used to think in the same manner of thought, but i am in the process or reevaluating that whole mind thought completely. I believe that the world is wound up like a small toy and people and things just do what they do. If you look closely at all your experiences you will all come up with a reason why you did or didn't go or do what ever it was you were supposed to do.Its not God its you and your reasons why. Every decision/choice you make is determined by your strongest inclination. The way you guys think have caused me to doubt God in hard times and even blame him for things that have gone wrong in-my life,because he allowed it! So I'm left crying why Lord and not trusting. This reply was not a bashing reply!!

Hey Sabbath:

I'm concerned about your view about how God works in mankind's existence. I had a hint that there are some problems with your understanding of the fundamentals of the faith, after reading your freewill thread & subsequent posts. It's confirmed by these comments. Unfortunately post-modernism thought is polluting your understanding. I assume you don't realize that this stance you purport is Agnostic. Meaning your willing to admit that there is a higher power, but he's not really accessible our within our grasp of understanding & after "wounding-up the clock", so to speak, he now sits back & just watches everything happen, without lifting a finger to interfere.

Without making this a long drawn out dissertation, 1 example of how that view is not true is Jesus lowering himself to become 1 of us & then dying on the cross for our sins & then being resurrected by God to give us the same hope of 1 day dwelling the presence of God. There are so many OT references, Abram & Sarai, Joseph, Moses & on & on. Many NT as well, the least of which Jesus striking Saul (Paul) blind & taking 1 of His most ardent detractors & using him to be the greatest apostle of them all.

On the contrary, God is actively involved in our lives. To what degree depends upon many factors, including but not limited to: our current spiritual condition, willingness to be made available to God & whether we are being admonished or chastised, amongst others.

I would ask you, what would be the point with aligning yourself
with a being as you describe him. I want to be aligned with a being who is actively involved with us & is virulent & NOT impudent to & unable to help us. Do not misunderstand me. It's OK to question the status quo, but be care that that questioning doesn't lead you astray. If you want my in depth discussion you can always email me.

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Earthy:

Great thread. It has happened so many times in my life, that's it's impossible to deny. 1 example; many yrs ago, I was living & working in the oil fields of West Texas. I was hooked-up with a good crew all summer long. A group of 4 of us were working there for college money. The plan was to return to central Ohio after Labor Day.I liked the crew I was working with so much, I was considering staying for another school quarter. Well the rid leader wanted to be able to take more days off & hired his brother to run the rig & I was bumped out. We usually worked 6-7 days a week. Well, I didn't get along as well with the new crew I was the old 1 & decided to return with the rest of the guys as originally planned.

During the Labor Day weekend, the Shell Oil rep stopped by my former crew mates & informed them that once they finished the cleaning up the current site & set-up for the next site, they could have the rest of the weekend off. It meant they were going to have a 2 day weekend which was a rare occurrence. In their haste to get on with their weekend, when they were setting up the rig, they didn't notice the high power electrical wires & ended up electrocuting themselves. 4 out of the 5 guys were killed. I could have been 1 of them.

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