'''Providence''' does not mean that [[God]] has decided all things for us and in advance. God loves us too much to do that, for that would be nothing short of [[cosmic]] tyranny. Man does have [[relative]] powers of [[free will|choice]]. Neither is the [[divine]] love that shortsighted affection which would pamper and spoil the children of men. | '''Providence''' does not mean that [[God]] has decided all things for us and in advance. God loves us too much to do that, for that would be nothing short of [[cosmic]] tyranny. Man does have [[relative]] powers of [[free will|choice]]. Neither is the [[divine]] love that shortsighted affection which would pamper and spoil the children of men. |