Good morning and happy Friday. Well, it's been a while. I'm sorry for that, but here we go. Have you thought of something and how it would turn out? Like a vacation and the things you plan on seeing. A small thing like a little league game and the way it would go, just anything. And then when it's happening and you're there it's like nothing you thought it would be. Sometimes terrible and sometimes amazing. Just not what you thought it would be. I think we expect it to be worse most of the time and end up getting a pleasant surprise. Case in point, I got my wife some tickets to a show for Christmas. I was slick too. I saw she had liked this event on her Facebook page. Oh yeah, gonna score some good job points on this one. When I looked at the event I thought it was a Christian comedian lady we both like. I'm thinking I'm getting some points and a good show of laughs. Well, it wasn't a comedian at all, although she made some funny jokes. What I thought was going to be a pretty cool evening of laughter and comedy turned into one of the most amazing nights of music I've had in a while. Now, you that know me know I love music of all kinds and I like to laugh as much as I can, but this was amazing. What I had gotten my wife and I were tickets to the Sandi Patty concert with special guest Veritas. Oh my goodness. I did not expect that and was completely blown away.
What do you expect from God ? Let that sink in and think real hard about it. If you read this and things like it chances are you've already bought your ticket to the show. What are you expecting ? There are times as Christians, contrary to a mega church ideology, that we are not going to be happy and will feel pain and sadness. Times will be tough and we WILL struggle through some valleys. Not what you expected from God ? Why ? Jesus told you it would be this way. But you see this is not the show you bought a ticket for. The really big show , use your Ed Sullivan voice, is still to come. And while we expect it to be great and wonderful, John, the writer of Revelation, could not even describe it to its fullest. So while life hands out some disappointments from time to time, I'm certain we will not be disappointed for living a life following the King of Kings, Lord of Lords; Jesus Christ. Live your life to the fullest for Him and His glory and wait for the glorious and amazing show to come. In love always. <><