As luck would have it.

I don't think I am a lucky person.  I don't particularly think I am unlucky, but maybe more that I just don't usually concern myself with luck one way or the other.

This thought came up when today I won a $50 gift card to Amazon.  I completed a youth ministry survey with Spark (yes, I completed a survey).  They gave 5 Amazon gift cards away and I won one?  How cool is that?

Earlier this year, my friend who makes beautiful handmade Waldorf style dolls and sells them on etsy  http://www.etsy.com/shop/imogensgarden .  On her blog here on Blogger, she hosted a giveaway of one of her beautiful dolls.  I posted my favorite flower and why on her blog and was randomly chosen as the winner.  Linnea sits in a special place in my house on my devotional shelf.  (Cade even plays with her every now and then even though he is a boy and won't admit it.)

Even earlier this year, March, I was the 3000th fan on Facebook for Greenling.com.  Greenling is a fabulous food delivery place that delivers local veggies as well as local meats and other fabulous organic goodies.  Check them out at http://www.greenling.com/

I don't try to win things.  The things that I have "entered" this year are things I believe strongly  in.  Greenling is an awesome resource to get great groceries to your door.  They are organic and go local when possible.  How awesome!

Anna is a friend from college and her dolls speak for themselves.  When she gets one made it IMMEDIATELY flies off her etsy page.  I am already eyeing her page for when she releases a little boy doll with a mohawk.  Cade is sure he needs one of those.

And, Spark was working on letting potential customers know about their new curriculum for youth.  I am not totally happy with our current curriculum and will definitely be checking out their options.

But back to this luck thing...

What makes a person lucky?  Can a person be lucky?  I don't think I believe in luck.  Winning is not really a big deal (but it does feel really cool).  It actually made me think of a story in the Bible--

Luke 8: 42 - 48 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. ⁴³And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,^[d] but no one could heal her. ⁴⁴She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
 ⁴⁵"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.
      When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."
 ⁴⁶But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."
 ⁴⁷Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. ⁴⁸Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

My faith in God goes far beyond whatever luck may be in my life.  I think this whole letting go part of me that I am going through has led me to just further understand this fact.

Way beyond any contest anyone ever wins is a simple question -- what do I believe in?  Who do I trust?  What is important to me?  In my heart of hearts, I can most certainly answer those questions.

Is it cool to win things?  Yes, of course.  The things I have won have had no risk involved and that is cool.  Is it even cooler to know who I am and what I believe in?  Most definitely.

So what do I need to buy from Amazon?