Sreedhar's Journey

Is there such a thing as luck? Does anything happen by chance? Are we human beings by luck? Here is the definition I gleaned from the internet for luck : success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions. By chance? What is that? Job had a similar set of questions. Job 6:13, Is my help not within me? And is success driven from me? So what drives our well being? Is it this thing called chance. By chance, I had success in my exams. By chance, I succeeded in job. By chance, I prospered in my business. There are many who would consider the reason for success as being hardwork and a little bit of luck. What is that? Hardwork does not guarantee success? What about wisdom? There are many things that operate with great logic and consequence. Spending time on TV and the internet will take time away from study. If you don't count the cost for an investment, you will run out of money. If you only associate with people that are failures, you increase ...

Have you tried to read someone's mind? We try to do it by "reading between the lines" of whatever they are saying, including trying to interpret their body language. There are people who do entertainment shows reading the minds of people in the audience. Can you read God's mind? Joseph's brothers had a big task and they faced complications in a business transaction. Genesis 42:28, So he said to his brothers, “My money has been restored, and there it is, in my sack!” Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, “What is this that God has done to us?” Many times we approach a situation with full confidence about how it will be handled but somehow it works out differently. I am always reminded that I only control so much, the rest is unpredictable and depends on how others respond. In addition, God is working many things in the background. We try to reduce the uncertainties with contingency plans, but it is never possible to know or ...