We succeed or fail in life. Even if successful, we suffer failures along the way. Even if in failure, we enjoy successes along the way. Our lives do come to fruition, for better or worse. They end in triumph or tragedy. Most deaths, the end of most lives, are inconsequential, making no real difference whatsoever… and that is the greatest tragedy of all.
You fancy yourself the master of your own destiny? You are not your own source. You did not come from you. Your every ability is endowed. You can make the most of these abilities, but they are limited by your nature and the reality it is born of and bound to. You may die because of you, but you do not live because of you.
You succeed or fail by luck. It is not by sheer luck, however. You are lucky if you are born with talent and have opportunities. If you squander your talents and opportunities, however, you shall live as if suffering from bad luck. You are unlucky if born with meager talent and are denied opportunities. If you make the most of what little you have, however, you shall have much as if blessed with good luck.
People die being careless. People die being careful, too. The careless are lucky when they survive. The careful are unlucky when they perish.
Do good luck charms work? Well, they are part of every culture and every era, so I suppose so. There must be something to such things being universally believed in. That goes for cursed items as well, however.
Notions of “equality” or “equity” or “fairness” are the wishful thinking of people who expect the “equality” or “equity” or “fairness” to favor one person or group over another. In other words: Such ideas are fake even to those who believe in them. They are insincerity as sophistry and nothing more.
I bear witness that “luck” is real. It is the thing that confounds the wise and thwarts the mighty. It is never the decisive factor, however. It simply provides opportunities unexpectedly. It undermines the seemingly invincible, giving the disadvantaged a chance. It seems that God incorporated luck into his creation so that knowledge and power are not enough to assume control. How can they in a universe where anything is possible?
Luck is more often good than bad… but people are more often bad than good. The evils of the world are not because we are unlucky… but because people are evil. Our misfortunes are typically because of sin; the sins of others if not our own.
GOOD
LUCK… and God bless you.
To live in a world that is not based on luck, is a world where the righteous have the power. It's the new Heaven and new Earth.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Luck is to compensate for a lack of goodness. In the new heaven and the new earth, everyone is a friend.
DeleteVery interesting. I can see not only why luck would be thrown in the mix to slow evil and test us but also as entertainment. Games of chance are thrilling to us not because of rewards but for the moments of luck good or bad. We are derivative of God, of course he would want to roll the dice and mix things up just for the thrill. When we have a bad hand and bluff our way to victory God does indeed take notice. We should make the most of luck good or bad, in the end all that matters is how you played the game.
ReplyDeleteYes. The mortal and only human fail to realize that their Father in Heaven came up with ALL the ideas. He didn't keep them to himself, however. He gave them to us to make the most of, not the least of which was to HAVE FUN PLAYING THE GAME.
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