When was the last time you hoped for something and didn’t get it? All of us know what it is to face disappointments in life. It hurts when things don’t work out the way we thought they would.
Disappointment sours our stomaches, flutters our hearts, and pricks our minds. Some people can recover quickly from undesired outcomes, but others find themselves tempted to bitterness, anger, and despair as a result.
Dancing in the Face of Disappointment
Learning to dance in the face of disappointment is a tangible reality for the follower of Christ. Time and time again, the Scriptures exhort us to trust God’s ways with our times because his methods are righteous and his wisdom is impeccable. Disappointments will sting, but they needn’t slay. We can preach to our upsets and praise God that he only approves what will ultimately yield profitable fruit in our lives.
That which we fail to receive in this life must not be required for our enjoyment in God. If it was, we would have been granted it. Providence assures we get only what is necessary to abound and abide in Christ, nothing more and nothing less. Protection soothes our fears, quieting the notion that God is wrongly withholding something good from us. And promise ensures every desire, longing, and hope worth having will be more than satisfied when we cross the threshold into eternal paradise.
Disappointment weighs our spirits, but it doesn’t have to crush them. In Christ, we can dance with gratitude before a divinely closed door because we know it’s evidence—not an absence—of God’s love for his dearly adopted. As the famed hymn God Moves in Mysterious Ways consoles:
God’s purposes will ripen fast
Unfolding every hour
The bud may have a bitter taste
But sweet will be the flower.
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