Kathy,
I guess I never thought of it in those terms but that really is a great and 
accurate description of how God works!  Thanks,
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: More On Lightning


> Phil,
>         I think that that's about the point that I would ask them if they 
> would like a second cup of coffee and some more dessert and then pray that 
> something distracting would happen to help me change the subject.
>         Seriously though, isn't the lesson of your story with the family 
> with the car similar to the lesson learned from Job.  God doesn't answer 
> the why questions and, He doesn't have too.  I know that that won't be a 
> satisfactory answer to a non  believer, but they also refuse to believe 
> that no one is innocent because all are guilty and deserving of death. 
> So, there you go.  This kind of discussion just will not be resolved over 
> one conversation which means we need to build relationship and that always 
> takes time.
>         I heard the coolest saying yesterday on Focus on the Family.  God 
> doesn't make microwave Christians.  He uses crock pots.  Boy, ain't that 
> the truth.
> Kathy
>
> At 03:22 PM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
>>This isn't as long.  To show you how unpredictable lightning can be,
>>yesterday, a 46 year old man was riding his motorcycle on a highway the 
>>cuts
>>through the middle of Denver North and South.  Lightning struck him on top
>>of the head as he rode and he crashed into a part of a bridge he was about
>>to pass under.  He died.  If you think that is weird, a couple of years 
>>ago,
>>a husband and wife, along with their little girl, were driving down a main
>>highway out of the mountain coming into Denver.  They were on vacation.  A
>>piece of steel weighting two or three tons feel from the bridge just as 
>>the
>>car passed under it and literally chopped the car in half.  The front of 
>>the
>>car continued down the highway for several hundred feet.  All three people
>>were killed instantly without ever knowing what happened.  Plus, the young
>>wife was pregnant.  So, now, you theologians out there, how do we explain
>>this to those who say, where was God?  I heard later these people were
>>Christians, too, but don't know that for sure.  I still would like to hear
>>how others would explain this to unbelievers asking, where was God, if He
>>was real and why would He allow this to happen?
>>
>>Phil.
>>
>>
>>Has He Ever Crossed Your Mind?
>>www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>