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By Chuck Lawless, posted April 1, 2025

It happens. Life’s going well, it seems. You’re comfortable where you are. You’re enjoying what you’re doing. As far as you know, you could spend the rest of your life living where you live and doing the work you’re doing.

Then, God unexpectedly changes your plans. Sometimes it happens excitedly, sometimes painfully – but surprisingly in either case. What do you do in those times?

  1. Know that God always sees a bigger picture than you do. You know that truth already, but it’s sometimes tough to remember it in the immediacy of an unexpected moment. As I’ve written elsewhere, we see the black hull of the ship, but God sees the beauty of the ship floating across the ocean. No unexpected change in your life catches God by surprise. More Here

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