Providences

There are no accidents in the life of the Christian. ROWLAND BINGHAM

Very often people ask why bad things happen to them, rarely do they give thanks for good things. They ask why God does not protect them from misfortune but rarely give thanks that he protects them from evil.

This morning I had occasion to give such thanks. I had it seems mislaid my car key from yesterday. I found they were in the door of the car left in the drive at the front of the house.They had been there 11 hours. If the car had been stolen the insurance would not have paid out due to my carelessness.

Providence; The almighty and everywhere present power of God; whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all things come, not by chance, but by his fatherly hand.
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM