Unexpected

5  May 2011

Luke 12:40 You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour.

Yesterday we decided to prune some of the trees next to the workshop, so that we will not have to continually sweep up leaves. This was a simple process until we decided that we needed to actually cut the tree down a bit more. So armed with a chain saw, the tree stump was cut back, only to find that the trunk was hollow and filled with a hive of bees. Thankfully they were more shocked than I was. So that was the end of any pruning. After making a small fire in the stump, we left it.

This morning the stump was ash and the hive has moved into a Jacaranda tree close by, nobody is able to walk near until such time as the hive has found a new home. The lesson learnt is that we often do things without expecting something to go wrong. How prepared we are to deal with the unexpected, depends on experience and abilities. In every life’s experience there is a lesson to be learnt, when we do not learn we seem to just repeat until we do.

Are you ready to meet the Son of man today, because just as the bees could suddenly appear, so could He.

Be encouraged today to be able to face the unexpected and to learn from it.

David

Point to ponder: God is with us in the unexpected.

Question to consider: Do you cope well with the unexpected?

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