“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
-Albert Einstein
The old saw goes that G!D works in mysterious ways. Which is simply a way of saying that we really don’t know how G!D works in the world. It’s an article of faith that she even does. But we do know that wonderful coincidences do happen, and it does seem often that there is Divine Purpose behind them.
Well, why not? We can walk around with the sense that life is meaningless, random and unaware. Or we can have a story that there is some ultimate reason, grand energy, or resilient system underpinning everything, and even if we can’t see the whole, there is a dynamic cohesion that we are part of. I know which scenario floats my boat. Since we can’t prove it one way or the other, why not choose the richest story?
Where do you see the Divine Energy working your life today?
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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. Einstein’s work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed “the world’s most famous equation”). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.
Joe Laur is a father, husband, naturalist, executive, consultant, and a lowly rabbinic student. He can be reached at joe.laur@godsdog.net.
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