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Thank you so much for sharing your testimony, dear marbren!

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. - Psalms 51:17

I don't see how anything can happen in the life of a Christian unless either God did it or permitted it.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. - Romans 8:9

And we need it all.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. - Romans 8:28

For instance, God could have "poofed" the Hebrews directly from Egypt to the Promised Land (either on earth or in heaven) - but instead we see them led to the Red Sea with the Egyptians closing in on them.

They needed that. It was their opportunity to love Him, to believe Him, to trust Him. And they had many other opportunities.

As do we.

God's Name is I AM!

Thank You Alamo-Girl!

either God did it or permitted it.

God's perfect will or God's permissive will

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. - Romans 8:28

Given this, one of my favorite verses BTW, Are there really any mistakes or errors in a child of God's life?