I don't believe in coincidence...and I wish I did. This morning I woke up troubled by this word. If coincidence really exsisted, my life might be much easier...at least right now. But it doesn't...and because it doesn't, it has made my life sweet in the past. I don't know, am I off here? I guess I want to send this question out to the world...I see God as too personally involved with the things here and man as too sinful for coincidence to truly exist. I read about Ruth, my role model, this morning...and laughed when it said "As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz..." and then in the next verse, "Just then Boaz arrived..." Is that coincidence? Not a chance, God was guiding her and him. He brought her to the exact town and field where He wanted her...and as you know, she and Boaz got married and she was in the lineage of Christ. But what about when things keep happening that are painful and people tell you "Its nothing..." but it seems like more than mere coincidence? I don't know...I guess I'm just struggling with that word this morning. God is too interested in all the details of our life to just "let things happen" that aren't in His plan...I'm just glad I'm not in control. I'm glad I only have to live for an audience of One and no matter how I mess up and misinterpret or miss out on His "coincidences" that He orchestrates., He loves me unconditionally and that is where I find rest. Always seems to go back to grace. I guess that's what it is all about.