“The same came to Jesus by night…”~ Jn. 3:2
I don't like to be interrupted, whether it be when I'm eating, reading, praying, or a score of other involvements. We're all familiar with, "Do not interrupt me while I'm speaking." I think down deep we'd like to say to God at times, "Do not interrupt me while I'm _________ (you fill-in the blank). But I find God does not recognize, "Do not disturb" signs. Interruptions are a way of life, accept or reject them, their a reality; get used to it.
Jesus' life and ministry was filled with Divine interruptions. For example, Nicodemus coming to Him at night after Him spending a long day in ministering. That patient One was never ruffled by such inconveniences. He knew He had a short time, but realized interruptions were the stuff life is made of. He was always conscious these oft disturbances were a part of God's plan. They deepen one's soul, making us aware it is not all about us.
Concerning our subject, C.S. Lewis writes, "The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own,' or 'real' life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one's real life-the life God is sending one day by day; what one calls one's 'real life' is a phantom of one's own imagination. This at least is what I see at moments of insight: but it's hard to remember it all the time."