divine interventions
Heaven steps in
Divine interventions are acts in which God or a supernatural power steps into human affairs to alter outcomes.
The phrase implies events that couldn't happen through natural causes alone—miraculous healings, inexplicable rescues, sudden reversals of fortune: She credited divine intervention for surviving the crash.
Skeptics use the term ironically for lucky coincidences.
- godsendUnexpected welcome help
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- act of GodUnforeseeable natural catastrophe
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- faithTrust without proof
leap of faith · providence · hand of God · supernatural · signs and wonders · prophecy · burning bush · miraculous healings · visitation · revelation · blessing · celestial beings · guardian angel · grace · deus ex machina · angels · exorcisms · holy
divine interventionsnatural causes
Death without external intervention
natural processes · physical laws · random chance · blind chance · coincidence
divine interventionsself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
human agency · free will · bootstrapping · self-determination · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps
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