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To: TalonDJ
True true, but the devil is nothing if not petty.

Heh... And I am nothing if not always expecting something grander if he was gonna go to the trouble. Maybe I watch to many movies ;~D

Story: My friend Tiffney does tend to see all things in terms of divine intervention, for good or ill. And bless her heart, I just have to argue with her.

When we were on a trail ride once, she had been evangelizing at me over lunch, and I was being lackadaisical about the importance of me changing anything about me, and when we mounted back up to ride on, my horse went about 30 feet and tripped hard, hit the dirt, and fell on me. While I was still getting up, getting him up, and assessing how badly he was hurt, his knees were bleeding, she proclaims that God was trying to tell me something, and continued to argue that the whole way back.

I got so mad. I was legitimately concerned about my horse, and was in no mood to entertain the idea that the best communication method God had at his disposal was to trip my horse. ;~D

5,382 posted on 12/03/2004 9:09:48 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I am more likely to ascribe things to human actions, or the perversity of the world, than the Devil; not because I don't believe in him, but because I don't want to give him too much credit.

God, however, I see as responsible for so many little things... things like an empty road when you do the 180, or the sale you weren't expecting, or the bus being just late enough that you don't miss it. Because He is that powerful, and He actually cares about us!

But I don't think tripping a horse is on par with, say, the Road to Damascus.


5,383 posted on 12/03/2004 9:17:31 AM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog
Ah! So the tripping was the devil's work because he knew your friend would misinterpret it and piss you off with some rambling thereby serving his ends.
Heh, yeah over analyzing is easy and since none of us have the slightest idea what God's plan really is then jumping to conclusions not a very accurate process. Personally I am in the habit of giving a little 'thanks' every time some small but relatively improbably thing happens in my favor. like when you narrowly miss hurting yourself doing something stupid (er... not like I ever do that. heh).
5,384 posted on 12/03/2004 9:19:28 AM PST by TalonDJ (Wanted: Tagline, must be witty, insightful, and completely unique.)
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