HEALING THE POISON OF DISAPPOINTMENTS

Life’s circumstances can cut into the heart so deeply that it forever changes and redefines who we are and how we think. We were expecting God to do something one way, but He did it another, or perhaps He didn’t do anything at all. We were bitten with the poison of bitter disappointment. In some cases, bitten more than once. The answer seems so unclear that it’s like trying to catch the wind and turn it into something visible, but the chase continues until it just wears you out. I’ve been there and done that.

The secret to letting go is to have an honest conversation with God about it. Give Him one more chance to make it right. The Lord is ready to inject the antidote for this poison, to heal the brokenhearted and bind up those wounds. Let God’s presence fall on you, not to answer the “Why God why” question, but to help you see that good can and will come to you, and through you, as a result. Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through His Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

Karen Clark Sheard sings a song called Secret Place. Find your secret place to be in the presence of God and let Him fall softly upon you. Have that honest conversation with Him, then sit quietly in His presence.

There is a place

The secret place

A place where I can go.

To God be the glory.

Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove