I came across a quote from Billy Graham about disappointment. “Nowhere has God promised anyone, even His children, immunity from sorrow, suffering, and pain. This world is a ‘vale of tears,’ and disappointment and heartache are as inevitable as clouds and shadows. Suffering is often the crucible in which our faith is tested. Those who successfully come through the ‘furnace of affliction’ are the ones who emerge ‘like gold tried in the fire.’”
Disappointment brings feelings of sadness or frustration and often sets in when our expectations are not met. It is an experience common to mankind. I think I would be safe in saying that everyone has experienced disappointment at some point in their life.
I went to the Bible to find the “Five-Step Plan for Overcoming Disappointment,” but was unable to find that section in the Scriptures. Instead, I found God calling people to Himself as a remedy for the disappointments in life.
He reminds us of His love: Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
He reminds us of His faithfulness: 2 Timothy 2:13: “If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”
He reminds us of His Promises: Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
No matter what life holds, no matter the disappointment, we can trust Him with the smallest and the biggest circumstances of our lives. Amen
