What to Expect

The reality of life is that often times things are unexpected. We hear people speak of how predictable something might've been, but is life really predictable? I don't think it is. And why should it be? Unpredictability brings about change. Sometimes we view change either positively or negatively. Change can make us feel uncomfortable and out of place or it can make us excited and gleeful. But what I'm realizing more and more is that change is a natural part of God's plan for us. One thing happens so another can come about, and all the while growing to where He wants us to be. It's kind of like a plant that has to redirect the course of its roots in order to find hydration. Sometimes its roots are growing straight down into the soil and other times they're reaching slightly left or right depending on where it needs to meet the water source. Sometimes the roots bump into rocks and sometimes the journey is through smooth soil, but they move through each change so that the plant can live a healthy life. If the plant were unwilling to send its roots out in different directions or through different soil, it would die. Did the plant predict a rock to be in its way? Did it expect to switch direction? No. You know what I want to expect though? I want to learn to expect that there will be changes, to understand the inevitability, and find joy in them because it means that something even greater is in store for me. Things come unexpectedly for us, but to God nothing is unexpected. He knows all. If we are with Him then, we should expect the unexpected to be only what's most beneficial to our journey with Him.

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It sure isn't easy, and tears come so freely. It sure seems confusing, but God knows what He's doing here. I trust that.