SURPRISE!

In Humboldt, Tennessee, every spring there is a festival where thousands of people come to the small town for parades and other events. As part of that, a local family provides a Christian concert for the community. It often sells out, as the bands are well-known. One year the family gave us tickets to attend. It came along with the opportunity to go backstage before the concert to meet the band. Of course, this was very exciting!

Our sons had a good friend, Daniel, who didn’t have a ticket to the concert. It was disappointing to Colin and Christopher, as well as Daniel, when he had to stay home while we went to the concert.

But at the very last minute, there was an extra ticket! The boys called Daniel and told him we could pick him up on the way to the concert. When we arrived at the church, we were led down the aisle of the packed sanctuary to the backstage door. His sister had arrived early and had an aisle seat, since she had planned ahead and bought a ticket. As we passed her, the look on her face as she saw her brother was, “What are you doing here?”

He waved at her.

Not only did he get to go to the concert, he got to meet the band members backstage! The incident reminded me of how we are God’s children and he loves giving us gifts. Sometimes he surprises us with things we cannot even imagine he would do!

Even though we are undeserving of his blessings, God still gives them to us because we are his children and he loves us.

“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give good gifts to those who ask him?” (Matthew 7:11, NLT)

Can you think of a time when God has surprised you by giving you something unexpected? We may not deserve them, but God loves us and blesses us any way.