Quotes About Providence

Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

God's plans always flourish more beautifully than ours

As someone special who was born from the house of Aaron the High Priest by the providence of God, John

You and I simply never know for sure what is coming next. Think about it: your life has not worked according to your plan. You could not have written yourself into your present situation twenty years ago. Last week didn't work according to your plan. Today won't work according to your plan. Your life is under the wise and sovereign plan of another (see Acts 17:26–27; Dan. 4:34b–35).

My Savior has been with me, for me, and in me, and he works to take very bad things and produce through them very, very good things.

We all face things that appear to make little sense and don't seem to serve any good purpose. So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good.

Rest will only be found as you are willing to believe that there is Someone who is controlling the details of your life, not only for his glory, but also for your good.

Since God writes your story, he knows what you're facing and exactly what grace you'll need to live his way.

I may not understand what is happening and I may not know what is coming around the corner, but I know that God does and that he controls it all. So even when I am confused, I can have hope, because my hope does not rest on my understanding, but on God's goodness and his rule.

You see, there is no mystery with God. He is never caught off guard. He never wonders how he is going to deal with the unexpected thing. I love the words of Daniel 2:22: "He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.

It is vital to remember, when trouble comes your way and discouragement begins to grip your heart, that every single day of your life was written into God's book before you lived the very first of them. None of those days and none of the things that you have faced or will face in those days are a surprise to your Lord.

If you believe in God and his control over everything that exists, then you have to accept that all of your grumbling is ultimately grumbling against him.

Biblical literacy does not dispel all confusion and mystery from your life because while God reveals his will for you in the Bible, he does not reveal all the things he will do in your life for your good and his glory. God surprises you.

If God is sovereign and his rule is complete, wise, righteous, and good, why would you fear?

Your rest is not to be found in figuring your life out, but in trusting the One who has it all figured out for your good and his glory.

Peace is found in trusting the person who controls all the things that you don't understand and who knows no mystery because he has planned it all.

We can trust God to provide what we need, when we need it—and to work out our lives in ways that are better than we ever imagined.

5Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never forsake you or abandon you." 6Thus we may say with confidence: "The Lord is my helper, [and] I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?

Providence," he argues, "is not a theory about some activities of God; it is the religious symbol of the courage of confidence with respect to fate and death.

De moed van het vertrouwen neemt de angst voor het lot even goed als de angst voor de schuld in zich op. Deze moed zegt tot beide: "En toch."Dit is de ware betekenis van de leer der voorzienigheid. Voorzienigheid is geen theorie over zekere handelingen van God, maar het godsdienstig symbool van de moed van het vertrouwen ten aanzien van lot en dood. Want de moed van het vertrouwen zegt zelfs tot de dood: "En toch.

And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much.

It is not surprising, therefore, that Thomas Jefferson and his fellow founders would have referred four times in the Declaration of Independence to a Creator God of Providence.

Likewise, consider the statement of Benjamin Franklin delivered at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787: "I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of man.

Let us hope...that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.