Rhonda,

I love that. That is so very true. We are not an accident at all. God has a 
reason for everything in our lives. Even 9/11.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 06:02 AM 9/10/04, you wrote:
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>             THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN® LIFE Daily Devotional September 10, 2004
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>             God of No Accidents
>             by John Fischer
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>             We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed
>and broken. 2 Corinthians 4:8 NLT
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>             Tomorrow is a day in infamy that has now joined a handful of
>other days where you can ask the question, "Where were you when you first
>heard about." Depending on your age, you could insert JFK's or Martin Luther
>King's assassination there, or Pearl Harbor, or perhaps the Challenger space
>shuttle disaster. But most of us can remember exactly where we were and what
>we were doing three years ago tomorrow, the day we know now simply as 9/11.
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>             According to a message I received recently via E-mail, there are
>a number of people who are grateful for what they were doing that day that
>made them late for work.  From stopping for donuts, or getting stuck in
>traffic, or having a car that wouldn't start, to spending extra time with a
>son's first day in kindergarten, or answering that last telephone call
>instead of going out the door, every one of these people had a split-second
>decision or an aggravation that kept them from being at work on time at the
>World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001.
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>             One man apparently was late to work because he stopped in at a
>drug store to buy a Band-Aid for his foot, which was smarting over a new
>pair of shoes. That is why he is alive today.
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>             So now when you are stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn
>back to answer a ringing telephone-all the little things that annoy
>you-think about how this may be exactly where God wants you to be at this
>very moment.  It may even mean your life.
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>             God is infinitely meticulous.  He is aware of every detail of
>our lives, and is even working out His will in the midst of them.  From our
>perspective, our lives are full of "accidents" and "coincidences."  God has
>no use for either of these words in His vocabulary.
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>             So the next time your morning seems to be going wrong-you can't
>find the car keys, or you hit every traffic light red-remember that God has
>a plan that takes into account all these things.  Every little detail, every
>breath you take, is a part of God's knowledge about you today.  It's all
>about knowing and believing that there are bigger things at work in our
>lives than what we can see.  God's plans continue to go forward in spite of
>the unthinkable.  Someday we will discover all the events of our lives woven
>into an intricate tapestry that brings nothing but glory to God.
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>             Who knows what life's little aggravations (or even its big ones)
>might mean for you today?
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