God's Wonderful Surprises

All of us know that, in many of our pre-arranged days, something will come up that will blow our plans completely out of the water! I like to call these “God’s wonderful surprises!” Sometimes they can be annoyances, but more often than not, I suspect that they are openings for us to simply bring more good into life! Often these little interruptions (and sometimes not so little) can cause us to have to think or act swiftly and vigorously to keep something from going off the rails or to put in place a correction that will stabilize a circumstance; and if we’re paying attention, we will discover that we have just the right talents for the job!

Demanding...

How often have we discovered during these demanding emergencies that we are wiser, more capable and smoother than we thought we were… that we were up to tasks we might never have thought we were! This is the reason why I call them “wonderful surprises.” There is something to be said for the great discovery that we have more art, more vitality and more talent at living than we may have imagined, which is one good reason for keeping an eye out for daily gifts we had not planned on.

Gratitude...

Perhaps we might develop an ongoing gratitude for divine demands that pop up, even if some prove difficult.

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