Fate, Luck
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the
Will
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God
Fate: an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future.
Fate is the events that will happen to a person that cannot be changed. For example, being born in the state of Missouri is a fate over which a person has no control. Fate is also viewed as an irresistible power or agency that determines the future. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed, natural order to the universe. One big consideration in fate is why disaster strikes some people and not others. When calamity strikes the young and the innocent, people wonder why God is being unfair.
It could be easily said that we live in an imperfect world, and adversity is something that needs to be taken into consideration. The Bible says we have no guarantee that we will live to see tomorrow.
I think a better way to explain why disasters strike is the realization of how they fit into the laws of nature. Our world operates under a system of laws that govern the physical realm. These rules apply to things like gravity, motion, fluids, gases, heat, energy, and chemistry. When people clash with one of these laws of nature, a negative consequence is often the result. Hurricane Katrina was a good example. Parts of the Southern United States were devastated because they came into conflict with the laws that guide
thermodynamics. Hurricanes can only form in areas where there is warm water. The heat energy in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the storm that devastated the city of New Orleans. A land-locked state like Nebraska never has been hit by a hurricane.
The residents of Omaha are not necessarily better people than the residents of New Orleans. The primary difference in the fate of these two cities is their geographical layout. A difficult issue concerning fate is the question of why bad things happen to people. Because there is no definitive answer for this quandary, people don't dwell on the issue.
The greater dilemma is people being resigned to a certain fate. Once people become conscious of the difficulties of overcoming obstacles, they often reach a point at which they cease trying to achieve their goals. Just because the odds are stacked against you, doesn't mean you should quit. Some people who have a problem with weight control use their low metabolism as an excuse to eat themselves into the Guinness Book of World Records. We are never prisoner of our own fate. Some things are beyond our power to change. But because life is full of options, we can use our resources to realize our objectives. ●
By Todd Strandberg
video, describing how fate gives us choices but puts us where we need to be.