...on God managing our lives

To cut a long story short - I went for promotion at work recently but didn't get it because 2 other people interviewed just that little bit better than me. Yes I was disappointed but I know that God has a greater plan than the one I understand at the moment. So I sent a text around to the people who wanted to know the result, including my sister. In the text I said that I know God has a plan. My sister's response got me thinking, she said "I don't think God micro manages but he does look out for us." I'm not sure I agree, I think that God would (help us) manage something as big as the main source of family income. So I throw the question out to you, how much of our lives does God manage?

...on fast food

I know it's an old film but I have just watched Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me". That is one scary film! I watched it while eating a pizza...real nice...the guy throwing up while I'm eating...real nice...the view down an operation camera while I'm eating...real nice! More to the point, he does say that his experiment was extreme, however, how you can't be affected by what he says I don't know, but what effect? Are people now going to go out and recreate his experiment to see if they resond the same? Are more people goinmg to go out and but McD (or whatever) because of all the free advertising he's given them? Will people eat even more McD because he finished the month without dying?

Maybe I won't eat as much fast food, or in my case cheap greasy canteen food. However, who noticed the thing he said only once in the entire film (near the beginning) about also not doing any exercise? And this has been my point all along, especially to the people who say I've got a (small) belly because I eat too much (generally, not fast food). For the vast majority of normal people - it's not the amount you eat but the amount of exercise you do. Yes, I know there are exceptions, like people with medical conditions or hereditary obesity but for most poeple my theory holds up. And yes I do think that most poeple could eat more healthily aswell. But more important is to get a decent amount of exercise!

And no, I don't like (or eat) McD.

..on this morning's sermon

Our Assistant Pastor spoke this morning, basically on knowing God's will. His whole sermon (excellent though it was) can be summed up in the sentence, "God says 'Yes' until He says 'No'". I found this very encouraging. Especially as one of the examples he used, more than once, was your job. And how you/we/me should go for a new job or a promotion and if it's God's will He will just let it happen and not stop it.

"So what?" you might say. Shouldn't this revolutionise our prayer lives? No more "Lord if it's your will give me a sign". Shouldn't this revolutionise our evangelism? No more "Lord please open up an opportunity for me to speak to this person."

Get on with it!!