1.0A Little Bit of Nothinghttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlsonHenry Karlsonhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/author/hkarlson/On Providencerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hEvfRlfcM5"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/2017/04/on-providence/">On Providence</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/henrykarlson/2017/04/on-providence/embed/#?secret=hEvfRlfcM5" width="600" height="338" title="“On Providence” — A Little Bit of Nothing" data-secret="hEvfRlfcM5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/637/2017/04/Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_D_object_1_Bentley_1_Erdman_i_Keynes_i_British_Museum.jpg564768Because we are dealing with the way God, the simple, eternal unmoving mover, acts in relation to the temporal order, God’s providence will remain a paradoxical mystery to those of us whose only experience is in the temporal sphere. We can seek to understand it, and we will be able to grasp parts of it, but to comprehend it is beyond our ability. At best, we will have to engage it in a variety of ways, realizing each time, we will come to a new understanding, but non-comprehensive understanding which complements other such engagements, even though other engagements might appear to give contradictory results.