I asked a friend if he would haul some gravel for me. He said, “I won’t get stuck, will I?”I said, “Oh no, the ground is all river rock. Well he got stuck. We kept putting gravel under his wheels and finally we got him unstuck. That little chore of getting his big dump truck unstuck is what you call an unplanned interruption to our plans. They happen at a fairly regular interval. One of the very real indicators of spiritual maturity is how we respond to these unplanned and annoying interruptions to our plans. Mature people know these interruptions are part of life. They understand and believe that God is in charge all the time. God is sovereign. God causes things to happen to us that will promote spiritual growth in us if we respond in trust. The requirement of God for these events to cause spiritual growth is that we would rejoice and not grumble. Grumbling is what everyone around us does so we will have to work hard to not let the world influence us. These unplanned interruptions can become an adventure and a challenge that needs solved if we handle them correctly or they can be major joy stealers if we let them. Every morning I say, “today there will be some inconviences and some of them will be major, I choose now before they happen to not let them control my life. I will be a winner today.