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One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post.
get used to disappointment
hate to disappoint you
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I've lost track of how many times I've been disappointed in my life. This year alone has been full of disappointments. If that's what I focus on! If I look at the times things didn't work out, plans fell through, people screwed up, or expectations weren't met, it would be crushing and overwhelming. So I try not to focus on that, and instead focus instead on the good things, both intentional and surprise silver linings. Yes there were disappointments, but there are also lots of times that things worked out perfectly, plans came together smoothly, people rose to the occasion, and expectations were met and exceeded. And there were times when it wasn't what I'd hoped but that didn't mean it was bad - sometimes it turned out better despite the original hopes being disappointed!
It's sometimes said that the way to avoid disappointment is to not have expectations. Or to have very low expectations. I'm not sure that's a healthy way to live either. It seems too fatalistic and hopeless. I think it's better to hope and dream for big things and for the best, but to be realistic and ready to work with what I'm given. After all, I really like lemonade so it's good to get practice making it!
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Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory. Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. ~Romans 5:1-5
This post is linked at Five Minute Friday for the word prompt "Disappoint".
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6 comments:
Great reflection on both today's word prompt and the year. I was surprised to learn that the Bible only claims two things don't disappoint: God and hope. Just some food for thought. =)
Amie, FMF #19
Focus on the good things ❤ fmf #4
Hope in God doesn't disappoint! Amen
Faint hope's like barkeep’s final call,
the saddest sound heard yet,
for if expecting nowt at all,
nothing's what you'll get.
Even when the days are dire
in this vale of tears,
courage is what you require;
take counsel not of fear,
but of the trust that rides the night
to morning yet to be
and that in the coming light
are seeds of victory
that has long ago been won
by the Rising of the Son.
This has been a year of disappointment, hasn't it? Seems like with each turn something different happens that makes life disappointing.
This is so good. Thanks for sharing.
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