“Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”  Luke 14:15

Now that there are names for all of the generations, I have had trouble figuring out which one I was in, until the author of the book, ‘The Luckiest Generation,’ explained it to me over lunch.

I missed being a ‘Baby Boomer‘ by two years and was born nineteen years after the last of the ‘Greatest Generation.’ Time marches on and now we have ‘Generation X,’ ‘Generation Y,’ and who knows what else. But just where do I fit in?

Tom Brokaw coined the term with his book ‘The Greatest Generation.’  These were the people who lived through the Great Depression and fought in the biggest war in history. The ‘Baby Boomers‘ were the ones who got their start in life after the troops came home from WW II. But what about those of us in between, like me and like Elvis and Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tom Brokaw himself?

Now I have the answer. In his new book, my friend writes about those of us born between 1929 and 1945 and coins it ‘The Luckiest Generation‘ .  Those born in this time were too young to fight in WW II and too young to really experience the hardships of The Great Depression, even if they lived through it.

It was the first generation with a smaller birth rate than the one before it, and so there were more jobs for fewer people and it was easier to get to the top. These people were just hitting their stride when the big war was over and the economy boomed with consumer productivity. These people experienced all of the new advancements in everything from communication to transportation. These people were positioned to escape the worst of times and to take advantage of the best of time… hence the term “luckiest.”

But The answer is nothing, unless one is referring to a Baptist ‘pot luck‘ dinner. Luck is defined in the dictionary as ‘a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person’s control’ and goes on to point out that luck can be good or bad.

For those of us who believe in and have submitted to the sovereignty of God, nothing in this world is a chance happening. No matter what generation we are born into, as Christians we are neither lucky or unlucky; we are just blessed.  As Jesus said, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

By John Grant
 (a thought on life from John Grant)
used by permission

John Grant is a former Florida State Senator and is a practicing attorney. He is an active writer and frequent speaker.  He can be reached by e-mail at John.Grant@johngrant.net

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“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.  For I am the Lord your God.” Isaiah 43:2–3 (NASB)

With God—chance is eliminated.

God knows what is best. No struggle will come your way apart from his purpose, his presence, and his permission.

Isaiah 43:2 says, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.”

What encouragement! You are never the victim of nature or the prey of fate. Chance is eliminated. You are more than a weather vane whipped about by the winds of fortune. Would God truly abandon you to the whims of drug-crazed thieves, greedy corporate raiders, or evil leaders? Perish the thought!

You live beneath the protective palm of a sovereign King who superintends every circumstance of your life, and delights in doing you good.

Remember this. Nothing comes your way that has not first passed through the filter of God’s love.

by Max Lucado
used by permission
From: Everyday Blessings

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