Quotes about Surprise

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next.

It's hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God's new age, a kingdom of surprise.

God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.

I couldn't have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!

No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.