| Looking Beyond Disappointments When disappointments come your way in life, it's easy to blame both yourself and others. Frequently, it is difficult to know what to say or do because you cannot quite identify the real cause or purpose of the letdown. Dissappointments is often an emotional response to our own failure or someone else's, to achieve a desire, hope, dream, or goal. This can lead to losing faith in someone on whom we were depending on perhaps even a person we love. The gospel of John tells us that Jesus loved Martha, her sister, Mary, and their brother Lazarus. Because of this, they didn't sense the need to tell the Lord anything more than "He you love is sick" (John 11:3). Their expectation was that as soon as Jesus heard this, He would come and heal their brother. But he didn't set out for two more days. When Martha met Jesus, she was disappointed. She wasn't disappointed in Jesus; she was disappointed because he didn't come right away and he allowed Lazarus to die. She didn't see his purpose. God has purpose for allowing disappointments in our life. He could prevent them, but he wants to show us his purpose. He wants us to trust and believe and to let our circumstances bring glory to him. (John 11:4, 25). When disappointments come will you be stalled and derailed from God's will for your life?, or will you find yourself beginning to understand his purpose so you can learn frm those situations. The right response is simply to trust God. EVEN LET DOWNS ARE SOVEREIGNLY ALLOWED FOR OUR GOOD |