Expect The Unexpected
Expect The Unexpected: Guaranteed
If there’s one thing we can count on in life, it’s to expect the unexpected.
One day all is well, you wake up the next morning, and life takes an unexpected turn.
Here in our neck of the woods, it’s severe weather season again.
Fall is upon us and as the temperatures start to “fall”, (couldn’t resist!) the weather can be unstable.
I’ve never been a big fan of thunderstorms and Texas is one of the states that gets big ones.
Lightning?
I can remember when I was younger how my dad and I would stand on our back porch during a storm.
He would hold my hand as we watched the lightning storms roll in across Pensacola Bay.
A great memory for me, but now I’d rather stay inside away from the windows.
Several days ago in North Texas, we had a huge lightning storm.
I was already counting in my head: “One, one thousand; two, one thousand . . . ”
How many miles away is it?
It wasn’t too long before we heard another very loud crack of lightning – louder than the rest.
My husband and I stopped what we were doing and ran outside to our garage to check the attic for flames.
There had already been news reports of homes catching fire about 15 minutes from us.
The lightning struck close alright.
We were spared, but our next door neighbor didn’t fare so well.
That huge “bolt out of the blue” fried their electronics.
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but what a scare.
Expect the Unexpected, But We’re Not Alone in Life’s Storms
Life will throw us curveballs – guaranteed.
We have to expect the unexpected. Sometimes it’s good news, and sometimes it’s bad.
By the grace of God, in those moments of fear, disappointment, and frustration we can trust that God will walk through it with us, whatever “it” is.
So many Bible pages serve as reminders that God is with us, even during times of trouble.
At times like that, battered and beaten by the storms of life, many turn to the Psalms and read the experiences of men and women of God who have gone through exactly the same struggles and the same pressures. Somehow this speaks to their need, gets hold of their hearts, helps them to know that at least they are not alone in this struggle, that others have had it before them. – Ray C. Stedman, Christian pastor.1
One of my favorites is Psalm 23 which I’ve committed to memory.
“The Lord is my Shepherd . . . “
All this to say that we can expect the unexpected, but we can also expect the most unimaginable wonderful and beautiful gift of God’s grace in our future.
We have a Savior and, one day, we will meet Him face-to -face!
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1 Source Credit, Article by Ray C. Stedman (Christian pastor and author – 1917-1992). “The Pressure Of Problems.” Courtesy of raystedman.org. para.5. Web. Accessed 2nd November, 2025. Retrieved from: Obtaining God’s Help
