Biblical authors sometimes describe events as though they occurred quite by chance. Two incidents in particular spring to my mind.

As little as a month ago, the threat of coronavirus seemed remote. It was merely an interesting story on the ‘World News’ page of the BBC website. If someone had predicted then the situation we are in now, we would have laughed disbelievingly. How could a way of life as established as ours possibly be reduced to tatters?

Today I decided that my state-sanctioned single unit of exercise would be a lengthy walk and a catch up with somebody on the phone. Quite unexpectedly, this led to a renewed wonder at the promises of God.

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