Disappointment

“Wait till you have kids of your own”, how many of us have heard those words at least once in our lives. When I heard those words, I would think to myself, when I have kids I’m not going to do what my parents did to me, feeling like I was the one who was hurt.



In the last couple of years many of us suffered disappointment in our church, our church leaders, and our fellow church members How about the members of our family or our spouses? When we go to work a co-worker or supervisor might disappoint us. The media dwells on the disappointments of the movie stars, professional athletes, and politicians. There is disappointment always surrounding us.


Looking back on the words of my parents, what I didn’t realize was that I wasn’t the one hurt, I was the one causing the disappointment. So there is another aspect of disappointment, who have I disappointed? Who have I cause to feel discouragement? Who have I hurt?


"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” (Exodus 20::4). This commandment is usually thought of as material statues or even ideals in our lives, but in truth we tend to make our fellow man our idols. Man will ALWAYS disappoint us, but God NEVER will. He says, “Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5).


When we keep our eyes on Jesus and trust Him with our lives, our possessions, our emotions, our friends, and our families nothing will disappoint us; even when disappointments cross our paths we will overcome them through our faith in Christ. “Surely I am with you always,” (Matthew 28:20).


My prayer is for us to keep our eyes on Him and that we will be still and not only hear His voice, but that we are obedient to it.

Marisol