If You Just Went Through a Relationship Disappointment, God Is Saying, “I’ve Not Forgotten the Desires of Your Heart”
Disappointment is the distance between our expectations and reality. The greater the difference, the more the disappointment. For example, maybe you expected to be married by your early 20s, but now you are in your 30s and still single. Or perhaps you joined an online dating app, met someone you really liked, talked to them nonstop for a few days, but then they just ghosted you. Or maybe you finally worked up the courage to express your feelings for that person you’ve liked for a long time, but they then confessed that they only see you as a really good friend, not as a romantic partner.
In moments like these, the disappointment occurs because there is a massive disconnect between what you imagined and what just happened. But here’s the thing. We only see the past and present. God, however, sees the future. He stands with us in our pain, comforting us through it all. But he’s not ever let down by an unmet hope because he already knows what will happen.
God knows he has a good plan for you. He knows how he will use this current pain for his glory and your good. He knows the blessings he has in store for you. The key, therefore, is to take your eyes off your circumstances and place them back onto God.
After the Lord lovingly rebuked Job for questioning his good plan, even though he had to endure suffering, Job came back to his senses and confessed, “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me” (Job 42:2-3, NLT)
Job 42:12 (NLT) then states, “So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning.”
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If You Just Went Through a Relationship Disappointment, God Is Saying, “I’ve Not Forgotten the Desires of Your Heart”
Disappointment is the distance between our expectations and reality. The greater the difference, the more the disappointment. For example, maybe you expected to be married by your early 20s, but now you are in your 30s and still single. Or perhaps you joined an online dating app, met someone you really liked, talked to them nonstop for a few days, but then they just ghosted you. Or maybe you finally worked up the courage to express your feelings for that person you’ve liked for a long time, but they then confessed that they only see you as a really good friend, not as a romantic partner.
In moments like these, the disappointment occurs because there is a massive disconnect between what you imagined and what just happened. But here’s the thing. We only see the past and present. God, however, sees the future. He stands with us in our pain, comforting us through it all. But he’s not ever let down by an unmet hope because he already knows what will happen.
God knows he has a good plan for you. He knows how he will use this current pain for his glory and your good. He knows the blessings he has in store for you. The key, therefore, is to take your eyes off your circumstances and place them back onto God.
After the Lord lovingly rebuked Job for questioning his good plan, even though he had to endure suffering, Job came back to his senses and confessed, “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me” (Job 42:2-3, NLT)
Job 42:12 (NLT) then states, “So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning.”
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