If you’re a Christian, you know accidents happen. Right? Especially when Jesus, Himself, said they happen. And, by definition, miracles are rare. So, a baby isn’t a miracle. And things DO happen by chance. Again, Jesus, Himself, said they do.

If you disagree that accidents happen, this might flip your lid.

Here’s a tough one, even for Christians. God does NOT hold this world in His hands. Not currently. And again, Jesus tells us that. Three times! He WILL rule this world one day. But He currently does NOT rule this world. And the evidence should be as clear as the daily news.

Your righteous, loving Creator did NOT plan THE course of all human history.

Yes, he does have an ultimate PLAN. And He will not allow you and me and everybody else to mess up His ultimate plan for eternity. But not infinite plans for the infinite potential directions billions of lives could go each and every day. God is infinitely more brilliant than that. He’d never design men and women, in His image and likeness, only to have to plot out their every move. That would be what marketers call “make work.”

No, God designed us to be able to think. And work. And build things. On our own. Because He’s like the ultimate, dazzling, loving father. It brings Him joy to see what you come up with. At least until you come up with ways to ignore and even remove Him from your life.

If you currently find yourself with that attitude, my suggestion is to change your mind. Because you CAN change your mind. And you CAN change the course you’ll take for eternity. Where you’ll end up, forever, hasn’t already been planned.

Yes, there IS such a thing as unplanned. Heaven or hell, for you, is unplanned. Until you choose. And don’t just make a plan to choose.

Choose now.

Because, as Elvis sang all those years ago, “Tomorrow may be too late. It’s now or never…”

I wrote…a sad life story…
Just words one could soon forget.
Learn from…this allegory
“Too late” hasn’t happened yet.

© 2014

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