Leaving Religion » credit http://leavingreligion.com Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 When Things Come Together http://leavingreligion.com/2009/10/when-things-come-together/ http://leavingreligion.com/2009/10/when-things-come-together/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:21:12 +0000 leavingreligion http://leavingreligion.com/?p=375 I’ve been working very hard on some projects, and the months of hard work is beginning to pay off.  I’m getting some traction, getting some interest and seeing this happen makes all the late nights and hard work really pay off.  The other night, I got to thinking… when I was a Christian… everything coming together, as it is now, would have been attributed… NOT to my hard work, but to God. Because, things don’t just happen… they happen because I prayed to God about it,  asked Jesus for His hand in it.  Because, under no circumstances should it be attributed to myself, and myself alone.

Now when I accomplish things and see good things coming together, I attribute it to a lot of hard work, a lot of perseverance, and great support from my husband, family and friends.  I do NOT let some guy in the sky take all the credit for something he hasn’t done.

I do think it is a special thing when people, things, ideas come together at just the right time.  But now, I remember something I heard Oprah say a long time ago.  When these things happen, it is not… as so many will say… luck.  It is Opportunity meeting preparedness.  I see that now… more clearly than I ever have.  All of my preparedness is now meeting some opportunity, and it is a fantastic thing.

Curious how many of you out there have had a similar experience.  Any things you would now like to claim as your own, and not as a result of God randomly choosing to make it happen for you?

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