More of Him Monday - Dealing with Disappointment

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Thank you for the comments and encouragement on last week's post on disappointment. I know it all comes down to the fact that I expect certain behavior from those who call themselves "Christian." It's about expectations.

But I realize that there is only One who will ever meet my expectations all the time. And that is God. He is the One to whom I need to turn when I am feeling disappointed by the people around me.

The Book of Common Prayer has a wonderful prayer that is helping me move beyond my disappointment.

"Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that You have done for us.... We thank You also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on You alone."

While people, even Christians, will continue to disappoint me, God never will. When I try to lean on the strength of other humans, they will fail me. But the blessing in the failures, even my own failures, is that I learn to depend more on God. I am learning to lean on Him more.

So I am thankful for the disappointments, the failure, the hurt feelings, because they cause me to remember that there is only One on whom I can rely and depend.

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Your turn. Where have you seen More of Him in your life?