Ever had one of those mornings where everything runs a few minutes late?

Did you know there was a theory for that?

It’s called the “Burnt Toast Theory.”

Burnt toast. Missing keys. The light that turns red the second you get to it.

Yep. It happens to me too.

The Burnt Toast Theory says those small inconveniences aren’t just annoying, but a lot of the time they’re protection. The four minutes you lost scraping burnt toast into the sink might be the four minutes that kept you off the road right when the wreck happened. You’ll never know. You never get to see the thing you missed. And that’s ok.

My grandmother used to tell me, “Rejection is sometimes God’s Protection.” The things that hold us back a few minutes or disrupt our day, can feel like a rejection of what we wanted, but are actually a protection for what we needed.

Not on our time, but God’s timing.

The delay isn’t usually the problem. The grip we hold, is.

This week, when something small throws your morning sideways, give it two minutes before you react. Then ask one question: What if this is protecting me from something I can’t see?

You probably won’t get an answer.

And that’s kind of the point. ❤️

In peace,
Shonn