Dealing with disappointment

As a child of God, disappointment is a tricky thing. Knowing who I am and to whom I belong, I have this sense of guilt when I feel disappointed with things in my life, whether circumstances, people or myself. As I struggle with feelings of discouragement, I am convicted with feeling like I should somehow "snap out of it," and just be joyful already! Which, to some extent, is true. I don't know how I can sit around and wallow after all that God has done for me, knowing that He has great and mighty plans for me. But the truth is, I am human. I get disappointed and sometimes feel like I am failing. The difference, now that I know God, is how I respond, and today I am kneeling before God and humbly admitting where I am and how I feel. I know that God loves me and He knows my hurts and struggles, and wants me to come to Him. To give everything over to Him. To turn to scripture for comfort, and not my husband, my friends, my job, my child, or anything else. Time and time again scripture points to people who cried out to God, who were searching for comfort, and although these are truths that I know and passages I have read, His word is never stale to me. I constantly have to return and remind myself of what God has said and done in the lives of His people, as well as in my own personal life.

Psalm 22:5 states, "To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed." Although I may not be able to understand what God is doing right now, or exactly how He is orchestrating my life for my good, I know that ultimately everything is for His glory alone. I may be hurting right now, but God has delivered me from the ultimate hurt and pain, eternal separation from Him, and for that, I continue to rejoice and praise Him. I may get disappointed in the people or things of this world, but my God will never disappoint me! He is "my rock and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take my refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." Psalm 18:2. Praise the Lord for His never ending mercy and grace!