What if we embraced the unexpected instead of fearing it? Embraced a philosophy of no expectations? I’m not saying no standards to hold people too – God knows where our society is because of that, but no expectations on the Lord, and the ones we love and how we love? No one can meet all of our expectations and so we constantly battle a little disappointment and frustration even if it is subconscious. We want what we want, when we want it, and we want to control it. We want the Lord to move, but we want it our way.
How much more joy and gratitude would we have for the Lord and life if we just let the Lord work? Expect the unexpected with God. Expect Him to move, but not how He should move? Let go of the futile control and embrace adventure. We’re on this ride of life whether or not we want to be, so stop fighting and start enjoying!
Loving with no expectations is what Christ did and it’s there in that love that the unexpected happens. Instead we love people with preconceived biases of how they are going to act and we try to tell the Lord how to move in our lives.
Lets live a day with no expectations and see what freedom the unexpected brings!
5 Minute Friday Prompt. Word – Unexpected. 5 minutes of unedited writing simply for the joy of it! Come join the fun and link up your blog at The Gypsy Momma.
Thanks to Jolyn for teaching me about the unexpected. :)
3 comments:
"Expect Him to move, but not how He should move." This is real wisdom. Joyce Meyer taught me this and it has helped me so much. When I ask God for something, this is what I think.
"Loving with no expectations...and see what freedom the unexpected brings." That is my challenge for the day and the rest of my life for that matter. Thanks for a great post.
Very encouraging to me! Thank you for posting!
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