God has been teaching me about learning to work with surprises. I cannot tell you the times that I have had in my classroom visitors or additions to my room without my prior knowledge. I am used to it but it does not minimize the stress it can cause. I guess that helps me when I see it happen to others like the problem parent who comes in the office, the prospective pastor for children's ministry no one talked about to anyone, the elder who showed up unannounced in church.
I could choose to get angry or allow the Lord to use it for His glory but I am also learning to have compassion for those who have to deal with it in my life. Sometimes it is just a prayer for them or me and other times it is saying a word saying "That is not right" or when I have surprises for my staff I realize respect and preparation for what is about to happen is essential.
You can't change crazy but you can learn how to react to it.
And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever” (1 Chronicles 28:9).
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