It’s Friday again!  Thank you, Gypsy Mama for hosting such an inspirational meme each week.  I encourage you to join the fun.

Today I am to write about….Unexpected.

No editing, no thinking, or worrying about if it is right or not.  Just share a little bit of my heart on….Unexpected.

Go!

Blessed, surprised, panic, turmoil, grateful, ashamed,crushed, mournful and out of control are the just a few of the emotions that one tends to reveal during the unexpected.

Unexpected…. my dh lost his job for 11 months.

Unexpected…. I have encountered at least 4 miscarriages.

Unexpected…I am blessed with 5 boys and 1 Princess.

Unexpected….I choose to educate our children at home.

Unexpected…we reside in a small town that we adore.

Unexpected…when I looked at the positive pregnancy after dealing with infertility.

Unexpected…when the Holy Spirit chose me to be one of His.

All of theses circumstances were unexpected.  Never would I have expected the unexpected that the Lord has placed before me. I have grown to learn and trust that God is sovereign.  This is His plan, not mine.  I beg to differ at times.  However, one verse tends to linger in the back of my mind.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Jeremiah 29:11

The way I respond to the unexpected is a reflection of my relationship in Him.  He has always carried me through the battles.  Why such the emotion, then?

I must give Him all the glory for all of the unexpected. Good and bad.

Stop.