A post by Pilgrim made me think about the foreknowledge of God.<br><br>When you stop and thimk about how, even for babies who die, God ordains and thus knows the events that happen in people's lives, it really contrasts how much God knows compared to how little we know. Here's a thought: We know God has no "Plan B" that He has to rely on, as if we could mess God's plan up. But do you think God knows what would happen in our lives, say, if God had led us to take a different career or if we had lived somewhere else?<br><br>And here's another thought: When God created the universe, when He created the trees and the iron ore, and the rosebushes, He must have known about how these would be used to create the cross, to make the nails, and to make the crown of thorns, right? And He must have known about the Fall, and all the falxse religions and idols, and all the people who would curse His Name.<br><br>I think it is interesting that Jesus spent His early years in a carpenter's shop. That is truly amazing! He is the Master Carpenter. After all, He is the Creator of the universe! And He is the Author and Builder of our faith! I wonder if He ever felt the rough wood and thought about the splintery cross rubbing his flesh. I wonder if He ever winced in pain if He stepped on a nail and then remembered the future pain He would bear.<br><br>Here's a thought: Do you think God knew that I would be posting this message while eating a sandwich and drinking a soft drink...Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but I wonder how many details of our life God foreknew and foreordained.

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin