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"What if:
Every day, for thirty days, I pray and ask God to surprise me?
“Surprise Me, God.”
Nothing more, nothing less. Three words. Not asking for something in particular. Not giving him my list. Not presenting my agenda. Just inviting him to barge into my life in any old way he pleases - to crash into the busyness of my schedule and mess with it.
Then, what if:
Every day I record my thoughts and activities? All the twists and turns that give shape to the month. I'll look for when, where, and how God steps into my world in a practical, everyman sort of way, and then I'll transfer it all onto my hard drive. I suspect this won't be a collection of “highlight” stories (TV tales of only the positively answered prayers that seem out of context and too good to be believed), but rather a measure of “reality spirituality.”
I suspect it will include stories of seemingly unanswered prayers as well. Maybe the surprise will be that on many days no sugarcoated coincidences aligned at all - the day headed south and just kept going. Maybe the surprise will be in how I handle that, or don't handle it. Maybe the surprises will be more internal than external. Maybe the sea will part, the rod will bud, and the sky will rain biscuits. Maybe not.
I have no idea what those “maybes” will look like - except that I expect they won't be what I expect. Today there is no story. But come Monday, the experiment begins. Thirty days from now I'll be done. The book of stories will have been written, assisted by the Surprise-Meister. All the “aha” moments will be in the bag; the good, the bad, and probably the odd as well."
Terry Esau.
One of my favourite authors.
He wrote the book 'Blue Collar God, White Collar God' - filled with short stories on refreshing new takes of God, and still one of the books I pick up to read over and over.
His latest creation is out.
'Surprise Me'
A 30-days experiment in relinquishing control. I challenge you to take it up.
I'm starting tml. It's gonna be such an eye-opener!
yay.
