Life 101: Disappointment In Life Is Guaranteed! Webster defines disappointment as "when expectations fail to be met, producing anger, frustration, sadness, and discouragement."
This week we will address common disappointments and share ideas to consider:
2. YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED WITH THOSE YOU LIVE WITH.
If anyone wouldn't let you down, it would be your family? Right? Wrong! Ask young Joseph./ When GOd promised him a big promotion he thought his brothers would celebrate. Instead they responded with jealousy, resentment and hostility. They sold baby brother into slavery. Far from friends and home he languised in prison for a crime he didn't commit. What an invitation to bitterness!
I'm sure Joseph was tempted to reherse the wrongs done to him. I'm sure he was tempted to plot some form of revenge. Instead, he allowed God to vindicate him, using his circumstances to position, prepare, and promote him to be Egypt's Prime Minister. He refusted to become bitter and chose to forgive those who mistreated him. Whe he later had opportunity to exercise vengence, he showed mercy instead. That's how you deal with disappointment!
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