expect the unexpected

my small group currently is working through a john macarthur 1 samuel study and to start one of the more recent chapters, macarthur poses the question: what changes in your life would you never have predicted? let's just say i did struggle with any sort of answer to that question but instead couldn't stop thinking of the numerous changes that have occurred in my life even over the past 5 yrs. here are a few of mine: living in birmingham, having a masters in social work, working for banana republic, living in texas, not wanting to be a professional/have a career as our world defines it, and so on

really, i owe all of these changes to the Lord b/c what i've realized is that as i continue to walk w/ Him and be transformed by the Spirit that all that i expected and even planned before are futile in comparison to being w/ Him and living out what He has planned and waiting to see what He has in store for the remainder of my time here on earth.

let's face it: having learned the lesson several times that my expectations hold no weight and no matter how much i place them on the Lord He will always break them down, i found this question as a tool for reflecting on the goodness, deliverance, and perfect promises He has/had for me.

here's your turn to answer: what changes in your life would you never have predicted?