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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  That is a very important point. It also reminds me of an old joke.
A man lives in a house in a valley. It starts to rain heavily. He turns on the radio and hears a weather warning that people must evacuate the valley immediately. But he refuses to leave, saying, "God will protect me."
His neighbours drive past his house and they say, "Come along in our car, we need to leave the valley now." But he refuses to leave, saying, "God will protect me." Meanwhile the flood starts to rise.
Later the flood gets really bad and his furniture starts floating around. A police boat comes along and the policeman says, "Hurry, we need to get you out of this place." But he refuses to leave, saying, "God will protect me." The policeman is unable to persuade him.
Later the flood gets so bad that the man is forced to climb onto his roof. A rescue helicopter comes along to rescue him, but once again the man refuses to leave, saying "God will protect me."
He drowns. He goes to Heaven and asks, "God, why didn't You protect me?"
God sighs and replies, "I sent a radio message, your neighbours, a police boat and a rescue helicopter - and you still wouldn't leave. I ran out of further ideas to save you."
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Thanks for telling that joke -- I love that joke and I've often used it to illustrate a couple of points:
first, that God works through people;
second, that we need to take action on what we want (not just think about it or meditate on it..although those are very good things);
and third, that we should be very wary of limiting God. Who are we to say that God has to manifest in a certain, narrow way? Maybe God (or the Universe, or the Universal Designer, or...or...or) wants to give us the thing we've asked for in a slightly different form, one that better suits our needs at the time.
And often God gives us a temporary, placeholder situation to let us know that he/It is working on our case...sort of like when the waiter brings you an appetizer while you're waiting for your main course. The Universe is saying, I haven't forgotten you, your desired thing is on its way, have some bruschetta while you wait.
In this case, it could be a prosthetic hand.
Just one way of looking at it.
- v