Dear Friends,
Have you ever started the day with a plan, only to watch it unravel before lunchtime?
Maybe it was a phone call you didn’t expect, a child who needed extra attention, a conversation that took longer than planned, or a problem that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Before you knew it, the day you carefully mapped out looked nothing like the one you were actually living.
Interruptions can feel frustrating, especially when we are trying to be faithful with our time and responsibilities. But sometimes the moments we did not plan become the very places God invites us to notice His presence, serve someone in love, or surrender our need to stay in control.
This week, we’re reflecting on the grace hidden inside life’s interruptions. The God -allowed moments that slow us down, redirect our attention, and remind us that our days belong to Him.
Whether your week has gone according to plan or not even close, we pray these articles encourage you to look for God’s leading right in the middle of the unexpected.
Encouraging you in God’s truth,
Reframing Interruptions | Hollie Puckett
Your to-do list is long, but God's purposes are longe;. Hollie Puckett unpacks why interruptions aren't the enemy of a fruitful life, they might be the very thing that makes it fruitful. A timely reminder to hold our plans loosely and our hearts open.
Divine Disruptions | Lisa Elliott
From a late registration fee to a son's battle with leukemia, Lisa Elliott has learned that life rarely uses its turn signal. What looks like a detour is often God's most direct route. Eleven honest, practical notes to self for navigating the unexpected with grace.
The Blessing of an Interrupted Routine | Tynea Lewis
A work-from-home mom almost cancelled coffee with a friend. She didn't, and God showed up in the ordinary conversation that followed. Tynea Lewis writes about the quiet danger of isolation and why letting our routine be interrupted might be exactly what we need.
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Reframing Interruptions
Finding God's Will in Your Disrupted Day.
By Hollie Puckett
If you’re anything like me, your to-do list is long, and time is short. Even the smallest tasks can be difficult to accomplish. There are many reasons for this, but one culprit is common to us all: interruptions.
Interruptions get a bad reputation. They derail our plans and disrupt our productivity. Sure, at times, they’ve blessed us. But overall, they feel like a curse. Scripture, however, speaks differently of interruptions. At the risk of sounding a bit blithe, let’s consider why all interruptions are blessed interruptions.
Interruptions Accomplish God’s Will
Interruptions are blessed primarily because they are from God. We know this because Prov. 19:21 tells us, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” In other words, when our plans are toppled, the sure and steady hand of the Lord is ultimately behind it. God interrupts our work to accomplish His will—His “good, pleasing and perfect will” (Rom. 12:2).
Interruptions are also an opportunity for us to do God’s will. We are “created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph. 2:10). Good things may fill our to-do lists, but they may not be the good works that God has crafted for us. These, He places before us in His perfect timing. His timing may interrupt our schedules and require us to set our own work aside, but the best use of our time is doing God’s will.
