Be warned! When you escape from the frying pan of disaster, you’ll fall into the fire of Egypt. Hosea 9:6 (TM)

A colleague of mine recently told me that her teenaged daughter claimed she "hated God." When she dug into it a little she found that the girl was frustrated, because every time she went off track something bad would happen. Her mother laughed, saying "It’s going to keep happening. God’s just trying to get your attention." I don’t think God is sitting there with his spiritual tazer waiting to zap us every time we wander off, but I do think he’s provided consequences of our sin to remind us that He has a better way for us.