I can put my 'no' in block caps - NO!
I came very close to dying last summer and a couple of times almost suffocated due to my useless, failing, clotted cardio-vascular system. On one occasion, having literally blacked out in mid-stride and face-planted on the floor, I lay there unable to move or even cry out for help.
I remember thinking that my time was up and one other thought that flitted through my failing brain was that if ever The Lord were going to make a guest appearance, this would be A Very Good Time. He had my attention, no JW's foot in door needed - just make me feel that I was not dying alone.
Not much to ask really, one would think? I had been a good boy, never fiddled with kiddies or even fiddled my taxes. I have been generous when I could be, often kind. But of course, I had never flattered with the Magic Words in the Special Building. My punishment was to be abject terror, utter helplessness and a realisation that I was alone on death row. Thank you God - thank you very much!
But then I survived. Clearly The Lord moves in mysterious ways but if He thinks that I am going to say thank you for Him deciding to let me live then He has got another Divine Think coming - He must have signed my death warrant in the first place!
NO! (I am still open to proof though - just take this tablet computer from my hands, Lord, spin it 100 times in mid-air and glide it back into my hands with the words 'Oh ye of little faith' emblazoned on the screen in an impressively large font, and you'd have yourself another loyal follower!)
NO! 