Disappointments

It is the job promotion that you deserved.

It is the dream that you have always dreamed. You know it will never happen.

It is the friend that chose to do the unthinkable.

It is a broken marriage, a broken vow.

It is the agony of watching our teenage and adult children go astray.

It is a common human experience. Disappointment.

How Jesus knew the feeling of disappointment. He wanted his disciples to see the kingdom moments--they didn't. Jesus wanted love to permeate the world around him--it did not. Jesus wanted people to follow him. They just did not get it.

At one point Jesus is looking over the city of Jerusalem and he weeps. How he longs for an intimacy with those around him. How Jesus longs for the world to know the love of God.

Some of us allow disappointment to become rivers of bitterness. Others use disappointment to create distance and build walls. While still others create disappointments with expectations that can never be met.

Disappointments in life are God moments. They are moments of creation. They are the way in which God invites us to depend upon God's mercy and grace. Disappointments are when we have to rely on God.

Maybe during this season of Lent, it is time for you to let God work through your disappointments. Out of the worst moments of life, God does God's best work. Joy comes in the morning!

Pray for me as I pray for you.

In the Master's Name,

Dr. M. Jack O'Dell

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