Strange Coincidences?

Over the last few days there have been a number of other bloggers who have said what has been on my mind (without realising it I presume!). Part of me wonders whether this happens because I read bloggers whose minds work in a similar way to mine. But another part of me is secretly and quietly excited that in God there are no such 'coincidences'.

Yes, I sometimes wonder whether God prompts me to write about things for a specific reason - and when others are writing things I have planned to blog about, this sparks my curiosity even more.

Adrian Warnock has commented on Terry Virgo's latest blog post, in particular the part which I disagreed with but didn't take the time to say so. Namely, that a blog becoming personal is something to apologise for! Finding Terry's latest post was, far from being a bore or an imposition, a delight: an insight into the life of the man who founded and still leads Newfrontiers was offered voluntarily - I find that powerful, welcome, and it is indeed the mark of the man.

I was first introduced to Peter Day through Dan Bowen's blog. Peter has recently written about inventions that changed the world: the printing press and the internet. As I mentioned recently, there are a number of examples of excellent people knowing how to get their message out to the culture, which have inspired me recently. I had half-drafted a post about it (I've been drafting posts in advance to save myself time dureing exams) when I found Peter's post.

These overlaps encourage me because even if there is no 'divine hand' in it whatsoever, it shows that we are feeding off each other, bouncing ideas around in a positive way in this corner of the Christian blogosphere. Coincidences or not, I reckon we should be encouraged by them.