Luck is...luck

“Everybody’s dealt a hand. Tiger Woods looked at his hand and said, ‘Cool. I can hit a golf ball 400 yards.’ Someone else said, ‘Darn I’m only ever going to be 4’11”.’ And somebody else said, ‘I can’t believe I’m to going to be hit by a bus on my 21st birthday.’ Luck. Luck is luck, its…All that you can do is keep going.” --Scene from “Ed”

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. --John 9:1-3

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” --James 1:17

“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” --Psalm 150:6

Life’s not perfect. We don’t understand why some are blessed in certain ways, and others seem cursed. The combination of the will of God, living in a fallen world, and the unexplainable blessings that come from above lead us to see God in the light of one who overcomes the evils of the world with his love and grace. If something good happens, it is from God. If not, it is a consequence of sin, which God can still redeem. And our response is simple—we should keep going and praise him.