*PROVIDENCE - also see WILL, DESIRE
Antonyms: CHANCE, COINCIDENCE
It is God's providence of what we need that satisfies, not the endless collecting of what we want. (PS, Prosperity Gospel Editorial, 1/1/96)
... and when there were only one set of foot-prints, that is because I was carrying you...... (Foot Prints in the Sand by ??????????)
Providence treats us like a generous father, and brings us up to labors, toils and dangers; whereas the indulgence of a fond mother makes us weak and spiritless. Hereafter, when a difficulty befalls you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough antagonist. (Rebld, p64)
God nevers gives us more than we can handle. ( )
God charges no soul with more than it can bear. (Islam, Wisdom, p295)
Story of a young man who misfortune gave him money, which he used to buy a horse, which he fell off and broke his bones, but then was not drafted by the army. (Story from one of the Eastern religions?)