- Believing in miracles requires no 'faith'......though it is commonly associated with same. Anyone who's worked in a hospital Emergency Room or ICU for any length = of time has undoubtedly experienced a miracle or 2....both good and bad. It = may be divine intervention, it may be coincidence. Either way, miracles = happen. -=3D Russ =3D- (BotFee) =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Lusicic [mailto:lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 20:21 > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Coincidences or divine intervention? >=20 >=20 > - > The question of coincidence or divine intervention is really=20 > a matter of=20 > faith. To someone without faith, everything is just coincidence or=20 > serendipity or luck. For those who believe, it is a miracle. For me,=20 > there is no question that there are miracles, and divine=20 > intervention.=20 > Life itself is a miracle. Just remember to give thanks for it. >=20 > There are a lot of people who try to convince others that there are=20 > miracles. They don't understand why they "don't get it". But=20 > I finally=20 > found the answer in the following: >=20 > I Corinthians 2:14 > The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that=20 > come from the=20 > Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot=20 > understand=20 > them, because they are spiritually discerned. >=20 > Jen wrote: >=20 > >- > >Just had to share the strange events that took place this weekend. > >On Fri. evening I visited a friends house (just by chance)=20 > and was invited to go out to the Berryman trail on Sat. (now=20 > this friend had mentioned doing this all year long, but never=20 > got around to it) Well since there were a couple caches out=20 > there I decided heck why not, maybe I can get these caches=20 > that have been at the top of my list, since they are nearest to home. > > > >Well I go to leave my friends house and my car won't start,=20 > now Matt and I have had this car about a year and NEVER had a=20 > starting issue with it. My friend offers to drive me home,=20 > which she did. Now the problem is that our truck has been=20 > left at a local garage to fix a minor problem, so I call the=20 > mechanic up at 6:00 p.m. and just by chance he is still at=20 > the garage and says he will leave the keys with the truck so=20 > I can pick it up that night (Fri.) > > > >Well I pick the truck up at 7:30 p.m.. Remember I need=20 > the truck to meet up with my friend to go to the Berryman=20 > early on Sat. > > > >So all weekend I had been looking for someone to get my car to my=20 > >mechanic, this I finally did today. So I call my mechanic=20 > up and find=20 > >out on Sat. morning at around 1:00 am his garage had caught=20 > fire and he=20 > >lost everything. Just hours after I picked the truck up. > > > >If this isn't coincidence enough. I go out to my car today=20 > to get it=20 > >pulled home and it starts right up with no problems. > > > >Now if all of this hadn't of happened in this order my truck=20 > would have=20 > >been toast, since it was parked beside the garage. > > > >I just found this odd and thought I would share. > > > >Jen > > > > > > > > > >Until one loves an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened.=20 > >Anatole France > > > >-- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- > >-- Desc: "AVG certification" > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date:=20 > >11/25/2005 > > > > **************************************** > > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html=20 > > **************************************** > >To unsubscribe from this list: > > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with=20 > 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > > > > > > > > > =20 > > >=20 > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com =20 > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html=20 > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with=20 > 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field