WHEN THOU ART SMITTEN BY A SUDDEN CALAMITY

WHEN THOU ART SMITTEN BY A SUDDEN CALAMITY
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When, of a sudden, thou art smitten by a calamity, thy reason can find no “how” or “why”.

Then thou art forced to accept it as a chance, as an exception.
There are no clouds in the sky and yet lightning strikes.
What reason canst thou offer for the strange and sudden calamity that falls upon thee?
Thou canst but call it a chance.
But no! There is no chance!
What is sudden is not a chance! It comes in its own sphere of laws that guide it.
There is much behind it and much after.
A flash of lightning may be sudden, but it appears through the guidance of certain physical principles.
There is a reason for everything, even a reason quite apart from the reasoning of men.
When the wind attacks the tiny bud, it does so to hasten its opening.
The potter thumps and beats the clay to mould it into a pitcher.
The ocean rages and scatters its formation of waves and pearls.
The sudden calamity is not a chance. It originates from Him, even as His sudden help.
Therefore, whether it be a sudden chance to success or a sudden calamity, they point equally to Him, the Creator.
Such is His strength.