Don’t be deceived into this short-sighted thinking. Remember Jesus’s promise: “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16:24). If the path to full joy is sometimes hard, and Jesus tells us it is (John 16:33; Matthew 7:14), that is no reason not to take it! What do you want? Low, shallow, thin joys? No! Go for full joy! And remember what the writer of Hebrews tells us: Remember, it’s your duty to prevent an emergency and you must take all reasonable precautions to prevent one.

If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficult to compass. ~ Heraclitus. God had been trying to teach me this lesson all year. It took that morning on the trail to drive the point home. Standing amid the aspens near the elk watering hole and listening to a stellar blue jay squawking, I prayed. “God, teach me to live with expectancy and excitement rather than rooting myself in my own expectations. Help me to see that what You have planned is far greater than anything I could conceive.”

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For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11) It felt as if Jesus sat down next to me on that empty picnic table and wrapped His arm around my shoulder. “Give this to me, and lets you and I go on that hike.”

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If we ask God to “increase our faith” (Luke 17:5), what should we expect to receive? To be repeatedly put into situations where we discover that our perceptions are not trustworthy so that we are forced to trust Christ’s promises, “for we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Drawing the connection between two such superficially disparate ideas is typical of Kit Yates’s “How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To.” Mr. Yates, a mathematician at the University of Bath, gathers examples from science, literature, history and current events to illustrate the types of situations that surprise us, and to discuss why we’re constantly caught off guard by them.

All electronic equipment, especially mobile phones, must be set to silent before entering the Theatre and/or any other spaces where events are taking place. Smoking Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It): A Creativity Tool," a book on creative thinking, emphasizes the significance of embracing unpredictability in the creative process. Clement of Alexandria (c. 200). Stromata, book II, chapter 4. In Otto Stälin, ed. (1939). Clemens Alexandrius, volume 2, p. 121. Lepizig: J. C. Hinrichs. Translated by William Wilson (1867). Ante-Nicene Christian Library, volume 12, p. 11. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. Isaiah 26:3reminds us, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in You.”Unless specified, our public events are suitable for ages 15 and above. However for most events, younger children are more than welcome to attend with parental permission. Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain. ~ Heraclitus. Morgan Harper Nichols once said, “Perhaps He is shaping you to fix your eyes on things above, so you will be reminded over and over of His love, His promises, and no matter what happens, there is still more to come.” For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances. ~ Takeshi Kitano. To tap into the unpredictability of the market, you must learn to expect the unexpected and be ready to adapt.