A lot of life is managing your disappointments. Sometimes I call the ministry "Disappointment Management." I remember one time I preached what I thought was a pretty decent sermon, only to have a woman stop me on her way out and say, "Didn’t have much for us today, did you?"
In this life you will have disappointments — lots of them. Your children will disappoint you, and you’ll disappoint your children. You will have trouble — trouble at work and even trouble at church. Maybe you’ll have lots of trouble at church. So get used to it.
Indeed, if you are at all like I am, you will frequently realize that you’re not nearly the man you thought you were. My daughter teases me and says, "Dad, you’re not nearly as smart you look." Well, I don’t look smart, to begin with. But believe me, I am fully aware of my quite limited intellectual capacity.
This I know … Nothing that comes your way, however disappointing, will ever change God’s love for you or me. Friends, how wonderful is that?!
"So good Father, knowing there are so many disappointments in life, I pray that you keep me humble, even if that means being disappointed more than I’d like to be. Don’t leave me flapping in the wind, Lord. I know your kingdom is not a matter of talk but of power. Oh God, fill me with power. You speak, Lord. I’ll talk less. Empower me to hang tough, moving through my disappointments and finding my satisfaction in you alone."
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Yes indeed, life is full of disappointments isn't it? I am 43 years old and even though I try not to compare myself to others around me I can not help but feel like somewhat of a failure. How said is that? I am my own largest disappointment. I know that other people have disappointed me on occasion. However, I have no control over what other people do other than the occasional opportunity to sway folks one way or the other with regards to decisions that affect your life. What I do have control over is decisions that I make and how I react to those things that happen to me. Life happens and not all of it is pretty you can rest assured of that. How we respond to what life throws at us defines who we are and how successful we are in being victorious in our endeavours. I guess that you could sum this up by saying that as I reflect on the past and where I am now I am disappointed in the fact that I am not in a better place or a better person. I wish that I could have applied 10% of the knowledge that I did have to my life and I would have been in a better place or a better person.I suppose that all of us can find fault if we look hard enough. There is always someone smarter, cuter, healthier ,stronger, more popular than us. So, what do I do? I try to learn from my mistakes and look to the future to other opportunities to do the right thing and make the right choices. I have to give my disappointments over to God and ask him to forgive me for being such an oaf and to help me to overcome the consequences of my bad decisions in years gone by. I have to learn how to be content in HIM in the mean time. When I compare myself to you or the rest of the world it is easy to see what a miserable failure I am. However when I understand that God is not finished working on me I understand the true meaning of mercy and grace. In God's eyes I am not a failure. I am a workmanship that is in progress. God is my creator, molder and strength. I will chose to leave all of this in his capable hands.
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