In any discussion about God’s sovereign control over the events of our personal lives and over that “bigger picture” of world events, questions always arise. One of those is this one: “How about those times in Scripture where we are told that God repented, or changed His mind about something because of the requests of His people?” That’s a good question. As I thought about it, and the implications that arise from it, the first story from Scripture that came to mind was an incident that took plac…