My personal opinion? That some are, and that some are just random things that happen as a result of living in a fallen world, and that we rarely know which are which. And that we can learn and grow from all of them.
What Cindy said. Whether they are a gift or not doesn't really matter. What really matters is how we act or not act.
For example, a church calling can come from the Lord and is meant to challenge us and make us grow in a specific way as we rise to the task and learn to do that calling. But we can learn from other things in our life that maybe came as a result from a choice that someone else made and affected us, and the Lord is always there to help us understand what we need to do as long as we go to him in prayer and sincerity.
(and so you don't think I'm some weirdo, although maybe I am and you can make your own judgement, I'm father of Cindy and husband of Cindy mom and find it astonishing that I have now commented 2x on your blog, something I rarely do even for the two Cindys)
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My personal opinion? That some are, and that some are just random things that happen as a result of living in a fallen world, and that we rarely know which are which. And that we can learn and grow from all of them.
What Cindy said. Whether they are a gift or not doesn't really matter. What really matters is how we act or not act.
For example, a church calling can come from the Lord and is meant to challenge us and make us grow in a specific way as we rise to the task and learn to do that calling. But we can learn from other things in our life that maybe came as a result from a choice that someone else made and affected us, and the Lord is always there to help us understand what we need to do as long as we go to him in prayer and sincerity.
(and so you don't think I'm some weirdo, although maybe I am and you can make your own judgement, I'm father of Cindy and husband of Cindy mom and find it astonishing that I have now commented 2x on your blog, something I rarely do even for the two Cindys)
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