So? Today happens to be the 13th on a Friday. Does this make it any different than if it were… the 10th or the 22nd? Of course not. How did we ever get the 13th on a Friday as a big problem? Do You have ‘bad luck’ on this day… ever? Then again… does ‘luck’ even exist?
Luck. One definition is that it is, “…a force that brings good fortune or adversity…” Another definition is, “…to prosper or succeed especially through chance or good fortune…” Does this then mean that everything is related to ‘luck’? That when we have bad luck the force didn’t bring good fortune or we didn’t prosper or succeed because of ‘luck’? How often do you wish another person, ‘good luck’ – which can be stated in a number of ways, not the least of which is – not gonna happen.
Is luck willy nilly? Or dependent upon the person ‘some people have all the luck’ or ‘he never catches a break, he always seems to attract bad luck’. To me this sounds like a form of excuse – it isn’t my fault that (fill in the blank). Is life really so casual, so unpredictable, so … And do we have absolutely no control over what happens?
Personally, I don’t believe in ‘luck’ – good or bad. It simply doesn’t exist. Our lives are that – OURS. We do control our own destinies by our decisions. Our. We aren’t at the mercy of some unnamed, unknown ‘force’ that directs everything around us to create the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’. Yes, circumstances/events do happen that we didn’t expect or plan on but is this the result of some force? If you are a Christian then how can ‘luck’ and all that scripture teaches us coexist? How can your own experiences with the Lord be only ‘luck’?
The 13th, Friday or otherwise, is just that. It is a number preceded by 12 and followed by 14. And regardless of the day of the week it falls on… it is only that.
