This is one of the first blog posts I ever wrote.. almost 4 years ago.. for another blog I had..
liked it and wanted it on this one.. :)
THE UNPLEASANT UNEXPECTED
The unpleasant unexpected. What is the unpleasant unexpected??? it is the things that occur that affect us but we didn't plan for. Simply put we don't like them and we weren't planning on them but in the end they become used of God for the good of those around us and for ourselves. What do I mean? we don't plan to lose our job or to have spouse die or to be accused of something we didn't do but these things happen. Do they have a benefit down the road.. yeah they do..We may not even begin to understand why but in the end they have great benefit, take Elisabeth Elliot. She lost her husband early in her life to the people that they were trying to minister to... (through the gates of splendor) Could it get much more horrible than that?I don't think so.. and yet.. what occurred after was greater than what could have occurred if it had not occurred. so while the unpleasant unexpected occurred the end result was a great victory for the LORD. Paul experienced the unpleasant unexpected many times in his life and yet he knew that it was for the best that these things happen. they weren't pleasant. they weren't expected and yet... the end result was positive..; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; 26 in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.2 Cor 11:22-27 (ASV)32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: 33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.2 Cor 11:32-33 (ASV)Did Paul expect these things? were they pleasant? NO. They were not and yet...For Gods Glory these things occurred,2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; 3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patienceJames 1:2-3 (ASV)Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds James 1:2 NivIt was through the unpleasant unexpected that God was able to show who he was to Paul and to Elisabeth Elliot.Are you in a time of the unpleasant unexpected? Consider it pure Joy.For it is in these times that God reveals himself in ways that one cannot fathom before...It is in these times that God shows us a different side of who he is than we have seen before...it is in these times that God shows us a personlity of his we have never seen beforeCount it all Joy when the unpleasant unexpected comes knocking on your door..because...........we have no idea what is beyond the unpleasant unexpected
The unpleasant unexpected. What is the unpleasant unexpected??? it is the things that occur that affect us but we didn't plan for. Simply put we don't like them and we weren't planning on them but in the end they become used of God for the good of those around us and for ourselves. What do I mean? we don't plan to lose our job or to have spouse die or to be accused of something we didn't do but these things happen. Do they have a benefit down the road.. yeah they do..We may not even begin to understand why but in the end they have great benefit, take Elisabeth Elliot. She lost her husband early in her life to the people that they were trying to minister to... (through the gates of splendor) Could it get much more horrible than that?I don't think so.. and yet.. what occurred after was greater than what could have occurred if it had not occurred. so while the unpleasant unexpected occurred the end result was a great victory for the LORD. Paul experienced the unpleasant unexpected many times in his life and yet he knew that it was for the best that these things happen. they weren't pleasant. they weren't expected and yet... the end result was positive..; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; 26 in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.2 Cor 11:22-27 (ASV)32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: 33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.2 Cor 11:32-33 (ASV)Did Paul expect these things? were they pleasant? NO. They were not and yet...For Gods Glory these things occurred,2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; 3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patienceJames 1:2-3 (ASV)Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds James 1:2 NivIt was through the unpleasant unexpected that God was able to show who he was to Paul and to Elisabeth Elliot.Are you in a time of the unpleasant unexpected? Consider it pure Joy.For it is in these times that God reveals himself in ways that one cannot fathom before...It is in these times that God shows us a different side of who he is than we have seen before...it is in these times that God shows us a personlity of his we have never seen beforeCount it all Joy when the unpleasant unexpected comes knocking on your door..because...........we have no idea what is beyond the unpleasant unexpected
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