What's wrong with this?

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Originally posted by PecosGeorge

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In general, providence is provision for all his children, and not an arbitrary few.

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Then you can't have it both ways. Either all God's children are "exactly where God wants (them) to be at this very moment", or they're not.If they are, it is exactly as Arachnophilia has stated and God is arbitrary. This is because while all the little details result in some of his children avoiding tragedy, those same details result in other of his children falling face down into it.As to the real explanation. Have you ever heard of chaos theory?Amlodhi

You seem to be all over the map here PecosGeorge.If, then, you understand now that we're not talking about Fred's promiscuous forays to the bordello, but rather those seemingly innocuous details that sometimes determine our fate, which is your final answer?1. All God's children are exactly where he wants them to be.or (your response to bob_gray98 post #15):2. I'm subject to the same questions, hurts, wonderings . . . (i.e., you have no idea whether seemingly chance circumstances places any of God's children where he wants them to be or not).I look forward to your response,Amlodhi

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Originally posted by PecosGeorge

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We choose where we go and what we do.

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But we don't get to choose the occurance or effects of external events acting upon us. The premise of the OP was:

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Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone . all the little things that annoy me.

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I think to myself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment.

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Is God arbitrary?

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Ed and Bob are both God's children. Both choose to work at Acme Widgets. Both choose to walk to work each morning.However, one morning, Bob doesn't choose to be dragged into an alleyway, beaten senseless and robbed. Neither did Ed choose to be killed in the explosion that destroyed Acme Widgets early that same morning. You know, the explosion that Bob had chosen to attend but couldn't because he was busy being an unwilling participant in a mugging.Thus, his children may be exactly where God wants them to be but, unfortunately, the statistical record indicates that His itinerary is as likely to get them killed or maimed as it is to spare them.Odd, that sounds just like chaos theory.Amlodhi