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The Role of Luck -- Thoughts on a Birthday

AlpenaSD Wrote: Aug 06, 2010 4:15 PM

Job, A New Creature That simply isn't true. The reason for Job's suffering is because God is making in Job a "new creature," 1Cor 5:17, or if you would, a "new creation." But Job doesn't like the way God is going about it, as if Job knows more about creating than God; which is the reason why God goes into a rather lengthy questioning of Job of where was Job when God created the earth? if Job knows so much more about creating than God. See Job 38 and 39. Gary Gordon

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The Role of Luck -- Thoughts on a Birthday

There's a lot of luck in life.

The longer I live -- Aug. 2 was my birthday -- the more I come to realize how much of life is affected by luck.

Let's begin with life itself. Whether one lives to 62 -- or to 92 (my father's age) -- and whether in health or in sickness is largely a matter of luck.

I strongly believe in taking care of one's health, but for most people, living long and in good health is a matter of good luck.

My wife's sister died of cancer at 35. The brother of my...

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