Then Job answered the Lordand said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. (Job 42:1,2 ESV)
Accidents and Love
I know someone who was told by his parents that he was accidentally born. These parents only meant the phrase as a light-hearted tease. But thinking of himself as an accident did not make him feel particularly loved.
We think of an accident as an unintended unpleasantness. When considering our plans and actions, this definition works just fine. Accidents, to us, are things undesired and problem-causing.
But in God’s plans and actions, accidents do not exist.
God knows all things, is aware of all things, understands all things, moves all things, is sovereign over all things, and can do all things. Where would an accident fit into that picture?
The accidental young man would probably be glad to see that in God’s eyes, he was not an accident… he was loved. The accidental young man would probably be glad to hear that God does not say the young man was an accident… he was loved. The accidental young man would probably think it grand to come to the conclusion that God did not create the young man accidentally… He created the young man because He loved that baby. And still does.
Perhaps the opposite of those scary accidents is love.
Take the love God grants us