Wheel of Fortune

Posted on January 31, 2025 by joyocala
 Dedicated to my father who died on January 31, 1999. He loved the Wheel of Fortune show and he loved me – unconditionally all his life. 
Honestly, I never thought that I would be among those folks who made a point of watching Wheel of Fortune after dinner.  It was a favorite activity of my Mom and Dad in their later years.  I remember laughing about it and promising myself that I would never join that club. Well, that laugh is on me now.  Yes, we are regulars in the Wheel club, proceeded by the challenge of Jeopardy! 

My parents would get a kick out of seeing me trying to solve the word puzzles and talking to the contestants when they goof up or land on the bankrupt spot. I sometimes feel that life is like that big Wheel of Fortune.  It turns and it stops at inopportune times without any personal control.  You can lose a turn or all your winnings.  

Now, I know that my life is not subject to that type of chance.  I know that God created me with a wild card called free will.  I can make decisions, and I can control the consequences of my life to a certain extent. However, even armed with this knowledge, sometimes the Wheel throws me a curve that I can’t control.  Like this virus…  I can’t see it; I can’t prevent it from entering my body or harming my family or my friends.  I can take all the necessary precautions, and it can still infect me and make me sick.  It is scary and I am not used to being scared. 

So, it is a times like this that I completely surrender to the will of God and practice trusting that God’s unconditional love will bring me to a safe, trusted place.  Wheel of Fortune is fun to watch and play but it is not the way I choose to live my life.  I live loved and protected in the hands of God. 

(I wrote this blog during the COVID-19 crisis. When I re-read it, I realized that the name of the issue does not matter. Any disease, family disagreement, change of leadership can throw me a curve ball that I cannot catch or hit. The solution is the same: turn to the Lord. Completely.

Terri


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