Good morning! I read something yesterday about sudden and unexpected events, like they were anything but. I thought of how so many of the most traumatic, well, okay, all of the most traumatic things in my life have been sudden and unexpected. Yeah, of course they are. If the event gave me time to prepare then I would take steps to lessen the blow as they say.I might even have time in my little human power to avoid or halt the circumstances leading up to that traumatic event. I mean as little as a few seconds delay in starting one morning and, poof, no terrible accident in my past. So, it's absurd really to expect otherwise. The traumatic event will occur suddenly and unexpectedly, it's pretty much in their nature. Yes, there are those events that are long-expected and anticipated that are traumatic and painful. Many times though, the big changes in life are sudden and unexpected. We can't really get used to it, because of the whole sudden and unexpected thing.
What we do have is faith. That knowledge that God is not caught by surprise, that nothing is sudden and unexpected to Him is a part of faith. One of Pastor Adrian Rogers' more famous (and favorite) quotes was, "The Holy Trinity never meets in emergency session!" Indeed, we see from the scriptures that Jesus did not rush to get anywhere. Everything our Lord did was on time and in His time. God did not rush down from Jerusalem to open up the Red Sea for the Israelites, He began the work sometime before, perhaps even at the Creation. Our Lord and Savior is in no rush and is never caught unprepared. Let us therefore go forward this day knowing that Our Lord sees all of the road ahead of us. Sudden and unexpected things will come my way, but my Lord is able to carry me through.
Have a great day in Christ!Bucky
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