“Murphy isn't God's emissary. He's Adam's legacy.”

A thought by Larry Osborne, (2009-04-04) from his book, Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe (p. 95). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

In talking about Murphy’s Law Larry says, “We know him as the reason why the other line always moves faster; why whatever can go wrong, does go wrong; why the later we are, the more traffic signals we hit.”

He also says, “Those who assume that everything that happens has God's fingerprints all over it fail to distinguish between what God allows and what God causes— what God permits and what God prefers.”

You see God created man and he named him Adam and he gave him and us the freedom to choose. And Adam blew it for all of us by going against God’s plan to his plan. That is called the fall and that act blew our perfect life that God planned for us.

Larry says, “Any attempt to downplay the universal impact of the fall— or worse, the assumption that Christians have a magic bubble of protection— fails to square with Scripture. Or with life. It's a recipe for disappointment with God. When it comes to the consequences of the fall, we aren't offered immunity. We're offered eternity.”

Please note as Larry says, “When life falls apart, there's something far more important to look for than a silver lining. It's the path of obedience. Bottom line: God hasn't promised that everything will always ‘work out’ in this life. But he has promised that, no matter what happens, he will never leave nor forsake us. In Romans 8: 28 he's also promised that no matter what life or the enemy might throw our way, God's good and eternal purposes can never be thwarted.

So are we trusting God through or blaming Him for the bad in our life?

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