Surprising things happen all the time: a bill, a sale, a gift, a weight loss goal achieved, good news, a global event, the list goes on. What we can learn from surprises is that we learn most about ourselves in how we react to them. A surprise can be both a positive and negative thing, and especially now, we must learn when to distinguish between a temporary and a life – changing event. Sometimes the best surprises are those that we never thought would ever happen, and other times they can be the very ones to knock us down.
I believe that purposeful living involves God leaving us surprises to keep us alert to how connected we are to him. We must never forget to evolve as people with him in mind, and without life’s surprises, we are unable to truly grow. Life can be a surprise party full of friends, or one big disaster we never anticipated, but the one constant is how we react to the surprise and if we are close enough to God to recover from the initial shock.
A Life of Oblivion 