Lord, Surprise Me. I love when I am surprised! My husband does this a lot. I’ll go on one of my many long distant hikes and when I come home, he has built something that I never ever imagined. It has become a thing with my friends as they always ask me, what is George building you this time? He changed out our old dilapidated fireplace to a more usable one. He built a gazebo over our bedroom deck with an outdoor fireplace. A Bocce Ball Court with eight different variety’s of grapes, that provide shade it in the hot summer months. But his ultimate project that beats all other builds was our Outdoor Kitchen. That was one crazy big surprise!

The Lord loves to surprise us too. I think of the many blessings that I received from God’s grace. When George and I married, we both were older and had children of our own. I thought it would be a grand idea to have a child of our own. George was adamant that he already had three and with my two, that was plenty. So I accepted the idea that we would not have any more children. But then God surprised us both!

My grandson Sid was born and after years of conflict between his parents, court proceedings and jail time, George and I received Guardianship of our grandson Sid. He was five years old and lived with us for ten years. Sid is the joy of my life, some of the happiest times that I have experienced and still makes me smile just writing this post. I think of what a surprise God had in store for me, and such a joyful feeling to have raised such a wonderful young man.

Surprises are God’s gifts to us. He says that there are many surprises in store and when we ask, He is behind the scenes, working out the fine details. Our part is done the moment we drop to our knees and pray. Every miracle, every blessing, every divine appointment has a genealogy. When we trace back our requests, our Sovereign God has already set it in motion. In my case, He had already planted the seed many years ago. Wow, what an incredibly awesome Lord I serve!

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭