There talk about "finding God's best" and not missing out on "His perfect will or plan" It is a popular notion: God has "ordered our steps" for our entire life and we can screw up the whole thing at every fork in the road by making the wrong decision. Fortunately God is a God of infinite variables.
God's will is revisable. He has a perfect will for you no matter where you are in life, even if you've taken a "wrong fork in the road." Through God's grace, He will even pick up the shattered pieces of your life and make something beautiful out of them. You can't ruin God's plan that easy, because it is not a fixed plan. God's more creative than that. He's hard to circumvent.
Of course knowing, willful, intentional disobedience (like your murder example) has serious consequences. God still has a will for you -- And it is not "second best" either. (How could we ever call God's will "second best"?) We might lose out on one future--but God can recover us and create another future for us that still brings joy and meaning.
2007-11-10 01:06:19
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answered by thundercatt9 7
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There are always consequences to your actions, but you cannot ruin God's plan for your life. We don't always know why some things happen to us—nor do we always know where they came from. God is at work in the world—but so is the devil, and we can't blame God for everything that happens to us.
Sometimes, in fact, we are responsible for the bad things that happen to us, because we make wrong decisions or deliberately turn our backs on God and His will for our lives. The Bible says, "When tempted, no one should say, 'God is tempting me.' For ... each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed" (James 1:13-14).
But the most important thing I can tell you is this: No matter what happens to us, God is able to take it and use it for our good—if we let Him. Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery and told his father he was dead—but instead of being bitter or depressed, Joseph put his life into God's hands. As a result, God used him to save Egypt from famine. Later, after the brothers were reunited, Joseph told them, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" (Genesis 50:20).
Begin by giving your life to Christ and asking Him to come into your heart. Then ask Him to give you the wisdom and strength you need to deal with your hard times. Most of all, ask Him to teach you through these experiences about His constant love.
2007-11-10 01:12:27
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answered by Anonymous
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There are no mistakes in Gods world...and you my friend, are not that powerful to ruin any plans of the Divine Creative Energy most commonly referred to as God.
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2007-11-10 01:44:28
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answered by trinity 5
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No ,God does not plan ,but He purpose.
What ever we may do will never alter it. The purpose Of God is to have people who love righteousness and want to obey is laws and order live in a paradise earth and live for ever upon it,free from pain suffering and death.
So if you and I make mistakes, we can repent and ask God to forgive us by the merits of he's son Jesus Christ who died for our sins but not for us only but the whole world,for He does not rejoice over a sinner dying but that all would do good and live.
Best regards.
Fortunae.
2007-11-10 01:12:52
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answered by Forunae 4
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In the end ,no
for the cosmos anyway
but if i choose mortal sin
then that "mistake' will ruin it for me
if i do not repent
God can use the mistakes of others and weave them into His Plan B
that's what God did in the Bible.
2007-11-10 01:04:30
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answered by James O 7
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Things we do against God's plan has the potential to ruin us, not God. God being so loving always gives us an escape from the ruin we bring on ourselves. Right now that would be Jesus, who died for our sins. God Bless!
2007-11-10 01:51:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Murder is not a mistake. Murder is a sin. A grievous sin.
Misinterpreting a verse of scripture is a mistake.
2007-11-10 00:56:40
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answered by Digital Age 6
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Psalms 130:3...Mathew 12:31...Acts 26:20
2007-11-10 02:32:36
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answered by Anonymous
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Not really. He is still working on our behalf. He can take any bad situation in our lives caused by our mistakes and turn them into something glorious!
2007-11-10 00:57:52
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answered by michael m 5
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I think God gave up when those chosen ones had his son killed by Crucifixion on the hanging cross as a trouble maker and handed the dirty job to the Romans.
2007-11-10 00:52:41
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answered by Drop short and duck 7
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