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(these posts are companion posts to the book God in the ICU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chapter One: A Sense of Destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm139: 15,16<\/em> \u201cMy frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body.<\/em> All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of the came to be.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quote from God in the ICU:<\/span> \u201cWhen I was old enough to understand, and heard them recall the story, (of my miraculous survival) it engendered in me a sense of destiny. God had spared me for a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the retirement complex in which I now live, I have two good friends who live vastly different lives. Dave is lean and bright eyed with an infectious enthusiasm that shines from his bearded face. His zeal for life is contagious. When we pop around spontaneously for a visit, he and his equally dynamic wife Katie greet us with delight, but often they\u2019re away on some adventure, or helping out at the church or with friends in need. One day a friend of theirs, whose wife was away, mentioned that the thing he hated most about his wife being absent was the fact he had to make his own bed in the morning. Dave and Katie knocked on his door at an early hour. When their sleepy friend opened up, they bounced into his house and announced, \u201cWe\u2019ve come to make your bed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My other friend keeps to himself. He is affable and responds with grace and a sense of humour when we pop over. Yet he\u2019s content to sit by himself day after day in front of the TV. He seems prepared to live out the rest of his days this way, not wanting to die, but without any zest for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the difference in these friends? Dave and Katie have a sense of destiny. They realise God has a plan for them, and fulfilling that as best they can is energising and life-giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chosen by God<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our sense of destiny starts with an understanding of who we are. It was as I heard the story of how I had miraculously survived a severe malaria illness that should have killed me as a small baby, that I sensed I\u2019d been spared by God for a purpose .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about you? Do you know, deep in your heart that you have been chosen by God for something especially designed for you? No matter the circumstances of your birth or upbringing, you are important to God, and here for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God says, in Ephesians 2:10<\/a>, \u201cWe are God\u2019s workmanship (poema<\/em> — from which the word poem comes — a work of art) created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God has prepared in advance for us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, as I describe in God in the ICU<\/a>, you might be aware of what that purpose is from early on. At other times it is more difficult. May I suggest a few things that will help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding your destiny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n