I do believe (Main Forum)

by Dolores , Northeastern USA, Saturday, April 28, 2012, 14:18 (389 days ago) @ Brian Coyne

I do believe there is "a divine plan" as you call it. But that's too much of a catch phrase that leads to a duality ("this is part of the plan" but "that is not") way of thinking. You speak of one person being successful and another unsuccessful. We hear self-help guru's talk about success all the time as if our concept of success would necessarily be the end goal of (or even play any part in) God's plan.

But Jesus died a most horrible death. Betrayed by one friend, denied by another, thought a fool by his family, abandoned and alone. Crucified as a common criminal. Not one of the beacons of success that you suggest we would want to become.

What I do know is that Jesus walked his path.
At each moment in his life he did the right thing for him to do.
This is what he showed us we can do. We can all walk our paths. Each moment doing the right thing for each of us to do. This is how we can have control over our lives.

It's not a promise of a "tip-toe through the tulips" - it is hard and constant and dirty and sad.

But it leads us to exactly where we are supposed to be.
One step at a time.

One moment you wonder how it all went so wrong.
And the next moment you wonder how it could all be so wonderfully right.

Go with Love, Go with God