[Discoveries] 12-09-08 Chosen by lot -- Luke 1:9

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*For those struggling financially ...*/
/*I'm blessed to be married to one of the best money managers in the 
world. I've watched Kim go grocery shopping and the check out clerks 
will stare at the total bill and the overflowing shopping cart in 
amazement. How does she buy so much with so little? Well ... here are a 
couple of food buying tips I've picked up along the way. You're really 
trying to buy the most nutrition for your dollar (or franc or yen or 
whatever). Here in America, the more cardboard, the more plastic, the 
less nutrition, as a rule. Whole foods deliver more nutrition than 
processed foods. Switch from white rice to whole grain brown rice. Brown 
rice and beans together form a complete protein. Canned foods deliver 
less nutrition than fresh, as a rule. Overcooking destroys nutrients. If 
it's safe to eat the food raw, usually it's better for you raw. The list 
of ideas here could go on and on, but you get the concept. You may need 
to learn new skills and gather new information, but you can eat well on 
a very limited budget. */

/*... [Zechariah] was chosen by lot ... -- Luke 1:9*/

In our lives, many things are uncertain and beyond our control. From a 
human point of view, life seems like a lottery -- by chance you are born 
to parents who are good or evil, rich or poor, healthy or sick. By 
chance, you find good opportunities and live a blessed life, or, by 
chance, your life seems cursed. By chance you live in a prosperous and 
powerful nation or in a nation that is not prosperous or powerful. By 
chance you live now in this generation.

As Christians, we are taught not to assign our misfortunes to "bad 
luck." We may be confused on how to explain them, but we want to affirm 
that a good God is in charge of the universe and nothing happens by chance.

Let me suggest to you that God knows what to do with the chances that we 
have and the chances that we've lost. God can turn any hand into a 
winning hand. Even now, He is orchestrating the next step in His good 
plan for you through something that may appear as uncertain as a chance.

Be encouraged!
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