[Quix]

VERY, VERY WELL SAID.

I CERTAINLY MUCH MOSTLY AGREE WITH YOU.

A slight difference may be that I believe God intervenes more than we think though often subtly.

And there is the Scripture, a righteous man's steps are ordered of The Lord.

WE AFFORD PLENTY OF OPTIONS given our imperfect ways!

APPRECIATED YOUR WONDERFUL MSG.

tHANKS.

[patriciaruth]

God does intervene for our benefit when we pray, if what we ask will actually be for our benefit. And also if what we ask cannot cause the victory over Satan to be derailed. Something that may seem minor to us may have unintended consequences in the future.

I have come to believe that when He said no to me, that my sacrifice in the war with Satan had been laid on the battlefield. Some soldiers come away with terrible wounds in war.

And maybe Columbia was lost because we forgot about her and her astronauts and didn't pray for them. I have to admit that I am preoccupied with trying to keep our President alive and the U.S. and our military walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death that I gave scant attention to this last shuttle mission.