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Question 9
Rosie connects obedience and providence by noting that the day after their rebaptism they met the friend who introduced B-Venom therapy, saying she “can’t feel like that was a coincidence” and that choosing to be “truly baptized” set a chain of healing in motion; how should Christians talk about obedience, blessing, and timing without turning God into a formula, and what does her story suggest God is like in how He rewards, delays, or weaves events?
Another way to ask: Rosie thinks their rebaptism was connected to later meeting someone who helped her heal, and she doesn’t see it as a coincidence. How can Christians talk about obedience and blessing without treating God like a formula, and what does her story suggest about how God times and weaves events?
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Her story supports speaking about obedience and providence with gratitude and humility—seeing God’s hand without claiming a guaranteed formula. It suggests God can weave timing and “chain of events” in ways that are “undeniable” to those involved, yet He may also delay, leading them through long suffering before bringing help.
- She links rebaptism to obedience: they chose to be rebaptized to be “truly baptized on our faith.”
- She notes the timing: “Interestingly enough, it was the next day when we met that friend… that told us about B-Venom therapy.”
- She interprets providence cautiously but firmly: “I just can’t feel like that was a coincidence.”
- She frames blessing as a process: “life as a family has started changing for the better… it’s been like a years-long process.”
- She also emphasizes long delay and valleys: “an almost 10-year-long journey,” “dark valleys… that lasted several years,” yet “we have found treasures in the darkness.”