Surprises

        I have always LOVED surprises. I love that someone has cared enough to put their time, effort, and energy into doing something thoughtful just for me. That is just what God does for us all of the time! If you are on the lookout, you can find them all around you. I have heard them called unexpected blessings. God loves us so much that He has put them in place in ways specific to each of His children. One that He has really used to encourage me is the appearance of hummingbirds at just the right time. Hummingbirds have come to have a very special meaning in my life, a sweet reminder that there is so much good in life if we are looking for it, even in the midst of the hard.  

        My week has been full of surprises, some good and some not so good. (OK, so mostly very bad like finding a rat in my backyard, but I am trying to be optimistic here!) It has been a rollercoaster of a week! Some surprises I could do without and they leave me feeling drained and weary. This morning God brought Psalm 23 in front of me twice within a few minutes. I love when He does that! There is no doubt that He meant it specifically to encourage me this morning. It is a very familiar passage to me but the words washed over me in a new way as I read them this morning.

        Last night I gave my four year old a surprise I had gotten for him at the store. He was giddy with excitement as he opened the box to see what it was. He exclaimed “Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, thank you!” as he opened the box. Before he even saw what it was, he was so grateful and excited because he trusted me to bring him something great. It is the same way with our heavenly father, we can say “Thank you”, knowing that He has great things in store for His children, far greater than anything I could ever do for my own children. Many great surprises await us!

        For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

       I am attaching an adorable video of a little cutie reciting Psalm 23. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNptw29OyQ