Good Luck?

[Joshua-777]

Grace to you,

Maybe it's just me. I hate that saying now that I'm saved. I understand the sentiment and all but I don't need Luck because I have Grace.

When someone wishes me luck I always state, "Thanks, pray for me because I'm a child of God. I'm a blessed man and don't need luck."

Is that too forward? Why are people offended by that? It's like, "Hey! Break a leg!" I always softly speak the name of Jesus and wonder why someone would want to curse me.

Am I just being a crank?

peace,

Dave

Luck is the element of chance where everything goes right. Many people have a superstition of luck being based on karma. But we have a wonderful God who reveals to us more and more, that everything is in His hands.

[Marvin D.]

I like to say when someone say something to me, "I don't believe in luck, I believe in God."

The person will sometimes say, "I don't believe in God."

And I'll respond, "Well, He believes in you."

[nebula]

I do not use the expression....I don't even use the expression 'G-d bless you' very often, because if can become glib and stale, and just another way of saying 'good luck' but with religious words.

So what do you say instead?

[2Joyful]

Grace to you,

Maybe it's just me. I hate that saying now that I'm saved. I understand the sentiment and all but I don't need Luck because I have Grace.

When someone wishes me luck I always state, "Thanks, pray for me because I'm a child of God. I'm a blessed man and don't need luck."

Is that too forward? Why are people offended by that? It's like, "Hey! Break a leg!" I always softly speak the name of Jesus and wonder why someone would want to curse me.

Am I just being a crank?

peace,

Dave

No!..I stand with you. Whenever someone wish me luck, I always reply...If there was any thing to luck...the toothpick would still be part of a tree.

[mizzdy]

The last few months I have been saying Shalom Aleichem to people and if someone says good luck to me I say aleichem shalom, translation, peace be upon you and upon you be peace. I usually get some strange looks although sometimes I get asked what it means and that can lead into some great discussions with others. Luck doesn't have much to do with anything really, God provides, we mess up, we hopefully learn from our mistakes and God guides and directs, we still mess up and He still provides!

[Believer1997]

Grace to you,

Maybe it's just me. I hate that saying now that I'm saved. I understand the sentiment and all but I don't need Luck because I have Grace.

When someone wishes me luck I always state, "Thanks, pray for me because I'm a child of God. I'm a blessed man and don't need luck."

Is that too forward? Why are people offended by that? It's like, "Hey! Break a leg!" I always softly speak the name of Jesus and wonder why someone would want to curse me.

Am I just being a crank?

peace,

Dave

It's such a commonplace saying that I usually just ignore it. I know I don't need 'luck' nor do I believe in bad or good luck ... It's one of those things I don't spend too much time thinking about - but if you feel compelled to explain it to others - maybe you should.

[ayin jade]

I'm the same way. I'm very hesitant to say "good luck" to anyone. I know I do say it out of habit though but it doesn't really have meaning to me.

I wont say good luck to anyone unless I mean it sarcastically as in yea good luck getting that to someone trying to get something impossible. I will say I wish you all the best, or all the best instead of good luck. As a Christian I know luck is not involved in anything.

[ayin jade]

Ecclesiastes 9:11. I am not saying that God doesnt work out things for the ones he loves. But sometimes in life you are just lucky, and that to comes from God.

That is one of the paraphrase versions (and a bad one at that). The hebrew word refers to occurance, not random luck. I recommend you use a study bible, esword, strongs concordance etc and not get doctrine from the message bible.

[Isaiah 6:8]

I used to have to say Good Luck, it was required as part of my job as a casino. Now if anything I prefer the term Godspeed!

[Botz]

I do not use the expression....I don't even use the expression 'G-d bless you' very often, because if can become glib and stale, and just another way of saying 'good luck' but with religious words.

So what do you say instead?

If it is with someone I meet, and they say it to me, I usually thank them and say I can use all the blessings from the L-rd I can get, and I hold their hand and look at them in the eyes, and send an arrow prayer to the L-rd and ask that He uses the words of my mouth to sincerely reach their heart with what I say....so it varies every time, and if I have picked something up in the spirit about that person I will gear my words around it....For example if someone keeps speaking about the hard times they have been having I might say, 'May G-d strongly encourage you at all times, refresh you each day, supply all your needs and may you keep close to Him.'

It is really an expanded version of 'G-d bless you'...but I can never be complacent or indifferent if I seek G-d each time for words to say, even if they are short.

In the Church of England, there is a peculiar tradition that has become very stale, where at some point in the rather rigid format of a service you turn to one another, shake hands and say these words 'The peace of G-d be with you'...so often no one looks me in the eye, they mumble the words and move on to the next person. I make a point of trying to make eye contact, hold their hand a little longer and prayerfully speak blessings to them as I am led...some I think find it unsettling and disconcerting, but I really have no time for insincerity and play-acting, and I truly want G-d to bless people.

Please don't get the idea that I am some sort of super-spiritual type that goes around with my head in the Heavens, I am not, but I crave a bit of reality now and then.