Is It A Twist Of Fate Or The Hand Of God ?

When the floodgates of opportunity and prosperity are open fore you
Is this a twist of fate or God’s hand of provision ?

When a stranger helps you get out of a ditch
Is this a twist of fate or God’s hand of mercy ?

Jesus’s death on the cross
Was this a twist of faith or God’s ultimate demonstration of His love toward sinful
man ?

When a christian travels along the straight and narrow road of faith
Is this a twist of fate or an expression of love and devotional service to God ?

Silent Songs: written by Stephen J. Vattimo
March 18 , 1998

  • KEITH  R. WILLIAMS

    KEITH R. WILL...

    indeed a question of faith

  • Tony Ryan

    Tony Ryan

    Very apt questions. Have we free will or not?

  • Stephen J. Va... replied

    Tony,

    Free will does not mean we can control evey event that come into our lives, but how we chose to handle them, is where the free will comes in to play.

    Stephen

  • Tony Ryan

    Tony Ryan

    Agree Stephen that we would be best served handling our experiences with maturity and calm. Free will is still such a complex aspect of life for me. Respect that you have such strength with it.

  • drewjthomas

    drewjthomas

    Islam says that Allah won’t let his prophets be killed, so rescued Jesus from the cross before He died.

    Is this compassion; qualifying His/His Being; intertextual annotation; ‘they don’t even allow mixed metaphors!’; -‘what’s your point?’; (I keep thinking of David Niven rescuing Shirley Madelaine from being set on fire with the dead Indian corpse, her husband who has all his belongings burnt with his corpse because of a sacred custom], in ‘Around the World In 80 Days’ , even though she was American-- this thing a few people insist on thinking of like when they hear, like, that MacCarthney;s got a few million for leaving him-—-good l’l Madonna however left her marriage with all her 500 millions, it not said she asked for a penny more [sounding like a case of saying as little as possible?! --even a little may be saying too much, above, too.
    -drewjthomas

  • Stephen J. Va... replied

    Thank you, for taking the time to comment on my poem, “Is It A Twist Of Fate Or The Hand Of God?”
    Thank you for sharing you view.

    Stephen

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