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I've just had an epiphany, it's all so very clear to me now... The eternal argument of Predestination and Free Will can be understood in the mere act of a sneeze. I'll get to that in a moment.

If our lives are in fact predestined, where everything is in front of us... "planned" for us... one would say "free will does not exist, all has been determined by God"... Yet free will is a gift from God. If you are reading the book of your life, you most likely are reading one page at a time. To say that your life is written, is not to say that God wrote it, but to say that he has read it... You see, we must dispel this idea that God controls us as puppets on a stage for no other purpose than his amusement. Dispel the feeble minded thoughts that God kills, or does not kill. Saves some from tragedy but allows others to die. "Why me, why did I live? While so many others died." While yes, the only punishment for our sins is death, and through Christ, accepting Christ as our savior, our sins have been washed away. Does God know already who among us has been saved, Yes. Again though, are we all here for his amusement as puppets in his show... No. No, because of Free Will.

Back to the sneeze,
Consider this, a sneeze at times can not be stopped.. Is that to say that the sneeze was predestined and could not be stopped if one chooses... However to accept the sneeze for what it is and just let it fly... doesn't that feel great! And at times you would think, why would one want to stop a sneeze? When I see someone attempt to stop a sneeze, it pains me as much if not more than it may pain the other party. So let's look at the sneeze itself as the will of God Himself. His plan for us may be found in the "acceptance" of the sneeze. If we are aware of the sneeze, as we are aware of the Word. We then accept the sneeze and are then overwhelmed with a sense of release and fulfillment then a certain ease comes over us. Considering a sneeze as a natural occurrence, not an act of God is easy to do. Until you understand every natural occurrence is an act of God. What you then HAVE to understand is that not every act "of" God is an act "by" God. By this I'm not saying that by stopping a sneeze you have thwarted the will of God, but it didn't exactly feel natural did it? When we can come to an understanding within ourselves concerning this topic, regardless what we decide for our own selves, then we begin to live with a different view of day to day life... As that is where God's plan for us truly begins, with the breath of life into us... When you sneeze you take pause, the act begins to cleanse, your heart stops, and then with the first breath you take after a sneeze... you are reborn.

Okay, so a sneeze is God's will. Resisting the sneeze is sin and going with the sneeze is piety. That would mean that Hell is blowing your ear drums out and Heaven is smiling while a slimy lump runs down your monitor...I like it.

Indeed our heart does stop for a second when we sneeze...IF it is Gods plan for that to be your last breath Then indeed it is foreordained..but there are also natural consequences for our acts..If I stand in a field of ragweed I will sneeze..that is a natural consequence..the question is does God foreknow I am there and is me being there a part of His plan..And you can bet that nothing ever happens outside His plan .