God’s Arrangement: Becoming One’s True Self

— Soul Journal

Peter Lee

When I was young, I often saw people bowing devoutly before statues and felt a kind of disdain. I thought it was ignorance — after all, those statues were carved by human hands. How could they possibly represent God?

Years later, after immigrating to Toronto, life became monotonous — days of routine work and quiet fatigue. I lost direction and could no longer see the future clearly. One day, almost without thinking, I walked into a church. I remember little of what the pastor preached, except for one sentence that stayed with me ever since:

“You came to Toronto because it was God’s calling — God’s arrangement.

If you pay attention, you will find miracles in your daily life.”

Looking back now, I begin to understand the truth of that line. There really are signs of divine arrangement in one’s life. The world around us, too, is full of small miracles — if only we notice them.

People often call certain individuals “geniuses,” saying they are born with “talent.” In another sense, these are simply God-given callings. The sculptor’s hand guided by inspiration, the dancer whose body seems to transcend gravity, the writer whose words touch eternity — these are all traces of the divine.

Through this lens, I have come to understand why America has led the world for over a century in technology, art, and innovation. Its society respects individual will. Each person is free to follow the voice within, to walk toward the vocation God intended. When people are allowed to become their true selves, the whole society blossoms with creativity and vitality.

In contrast, some nations bind people to systems and relationships. Lives are assigned, professions are arranged, and choices are limited. People live to please others, not to fulfill their calling. Talent is buried, individuality fades, and society becomes uniform and dull.

Each of us carries a mission designed by God.

The most meaningful life is one in which, through ordinary days, we gradually learn to recognize the road signs He has placed for us.

As I look back now, I believe more than ever —

emigrating to Canada was not a coincidence.

It was God’s arrangement,

so that I could, at last,

become my true self.