{"id":2630,"date":"2014-08-08T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T19:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2014-08-09T06:44:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T10:44:37","slug":"is-it-luck-or-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/is-it-luck-or-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it luck, or something else?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel\u00a0like Glen Zorger this afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"2014-08-08I bought a new laptop recently. It’s great. But today, I looked across the table from where I was working and saw a screw — a very small screw. It looked just like the ones in the bottom of my brand new laptop. Sure enough, the screw fit in the bottom. How lucky could I get? That screw could have fallen out anywhere:\u00a0At Spanky’s this morning. At McDonald’s last night while I was at my Men’s Group. At the Chandler Group on Wednesday. On the porch. On the patio. In the car. On the road. In the grass. But it fell out right there. On the table where I work. Luck!<\/p>\n

But the screw was a TORX T05. That means REALLY SMALL. Who has one of those in their desk? I do. I had one because my friend, Tom Milford, had to buy one one time and the thing was so cheap that he bought two and gave me one. I hadn’t seen it for years, but when cleaning out my desk just yesterday, I saw it. I thought, “I should toss this. When will I ever need it?” Well, you know the answer. It was today. Luck!<\/p>\n

So I put the screw in and tighten it up and then noticed\u00a0the other ten screws. Should I check them? Would Lenovo ship a laptop with all the case screws loose?<\/p>\n

\"2014-08-08<\/p>\n

Yeah — I better check them. Every one of them was loose. Some, ready to fall out, in spite of the fact that they had\u00a0thread lock on them. So I tightened each one with my TORX T05 before they all had a chance to work\u00a0loose and fall out. Luck!<\/p>\n

Then I thought of Glen Zorger.<\/strong> He once remarked to me, “I don’t know why I worry about things. God takes care of me in every way.”<\/p>\n

He does. Maybe it’s not luck. Maybe it’s providence. Maybe it’s divine oversight. Maybe it’s God paying attention to the most clueless of his sheep. Maybe it’s grace.<\/p>\n

Glen went to be with the Lord last month.\u00a0And it’s nice to be reminded that it’s not luck — it’s Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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