Unexpected

Nothing really can be expected.
That scares me. That scares most - I think.
The crazy thing is Americans and maybe all humans thrive on what they think they can expect.
Southerners expected to live a routine September, then they expected the government to take care of them. Those are average expectations.
When we go to work we expect to get paid and continue working.
When we turn on the shower we expect water to come out.
When the sun sets at night we expect it to rise in the morning.

We expect life to go on trippingly according to the information we have gathered.

Right?

What happens when a curve ball is thrown into the mix?
When natural disasters hit, people make mistakes, the plumbing goes out?
When you spill hot oatmeal on your hand and sustain a burn that will take 6 months to heal?
When our pat plans decide to take a walk?

Craziness - everything goes to hell and life is no longer worth living.

Or I get smacked upside the head with Truth.
I am not in control. The One who is in control is sovereign, and actually knows the future -
So what I can expect is for One constant to navigate my day.
I am stronger than I know for my strength is not found in myself - why do I forget that?

"Be still and know"

Yet why will I continue to expect life to go according to my plans?
And why can't I learn?