The Cure for Disappointment

Ever been disappointed? Sure you have…I suppose we all have. When someone doesn’t do what we want, it’s frustrating. When God doesn’t do what we want, it can be hard…sometimes very hard. But faith is the conviction that God knows (much) more than we do about a situation, circumstances, or this life and He will get us through it. Faith doesn’t suggest there we will not face struggles…just that God will get us through it (in one piece). In Isaiah 43 God gives us assurances that we are His and He will not abandon us no matter what we are going through. So why the disappointment? I am reminded of the story of a bachelor who went to a pet store in search of a singing parakeet. His house was much too quiet and the owner had just the bird for him. The next day he came home from work, delighted because his house was filled with music. He went to the cage to feed the bird and for the first time noticed the parakeet had only one leg. Feeling cheated by the store owner he called to complain about the bird’s missing limb. “What did you want,” the store owner said, “a bird that can sing, or a bird that can dance?” The next time you’re wrestling with disappointment, ask yourself what you really want.