Pardon the Interruption.
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“A few years ago, I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said with a funny twinkle in his eyes: ‘I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I slowly discovered that my interruptions were my work.’
“This is the great conversion in life: to recognize and believe that the many unexpected events are not just disturbing interruptions of our projects, but the way in which God molds our hearts and prepares us for his return…”
- Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude
The interruptions and delays? Maybe they aren’t really delays at all.
Maybe the very things that frustrate us or disappoint us are the tools God is using to shape us.
This Sunday, my wife Leslee and I kick off a two week Journey class called “Expect the Unexpected”. Life is full of surprises – some fun, some disappointing, some painful. ALL life shaping.
Would love for you to join us – it’s at the Elkhart Campus, 6:00pm. (Sunday night, December 13 & 20)
The great conversion in life: our response to the unexpected.