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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tora Ziyal: [QB] I went to a fellowship today composed of only females in my youth congregation. The pastor's wife, who's currently earning her Ph.D. in a seminary, shared the story of how she met her husband. It goes like this: She was an international student in L.A. and went up to northern CA during a ten-day mission trip. There she was offered a job at a church and "miraculously" received funding from another church to cover her tuition and housing if she were to move the San Francisco. She went back down to L.A. to pack up things and say goodbye, but had to return to SF six days earlier because of a friend. When she returned, she spent the spare weekend (when she would otherwise still be in L.A.) at a 3-day retreat. And there, she heard the complaint of an elderly woman about her son who's suddenly going into ministry and was compelled "by the Holy Spirit" to share her own testimony. Afterwards the old woman introduced her son to her, who would become her husband two years later. There is a point in mentioning all this. Throughout the entire time she was telling the story, she credited her getting the money, forced to return to San Francisco too soon, going to the retreat, and the old woman's sharing her testimony to "God's will" and "God's plan". She said that our plans don't matter because God has a plan of his own, one that will happen no matter what we do. Then she went on and told us that we don't really need to go out and look for a potential husband because God will give him to us, which is why we shouldn't date unless we intend to marry the guy. What is wrong wit this picture? What I realized by now is that a truly devout Christian will pray and do whatever God "tells" him or her to do. It's forever "God's will" and "God's plan" and never yours. What free will is there? Perhaps some prayers get answered and some miracles happen because those people gave up their free will already. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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