Today I went to get my haircut and couldn't because of the barber shop's unscheduled closure. Now I was disappointed about not getting an haircut, but that isn't enough disappointment to prompt me to write. No, what stirred me was the sign on the door that one of the two barbers was gone for the week with health issues and the other out for the day because of a doctor's appointment. I was disappointed that these great guys were unable to do what they like to do because of health.
Disappointment is so basic, so common that I don't pay it much mind from day to day. It's an area of my life that I leave relatively untouched by God. I don't let Him move me with it or remove it when it isn't healthy. I ignore the feelings of disappointment, or let them continue naturally.
I don't know exactly were I wanted to go with this, so I'll leave it open. If you want to comment and add to these thoughts, please do. My final remark is that disappointment is a symptom of the Fall and designed to point us to the savior of all fallen, Jesus. Belief and trust in Him will not remove those symptoms entirely, but releases the bonds of slavery to those feelings enabling you to live uninhibited, but not sinful. If not now, then in the future.
2 comments:
Yes, I think we do get used to disappointment to some extent, but it (like everything else) is best given over to God. Though everything and everyone might disappoint me, He never will.
And, as a side note, your post is way deeper and more meaningful than Mr. Churchill's London haircut which disappointed his friends and relatives. :) I love you!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and getting me thinking, Zachary. Disappointment is normal, without a doubt. My chief form of disappointment is with myself for my failures. Praise God for a Savior who delivered us from the condemnation due to our failures! "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1).
Yet I would also submit that disappointment with our own failures can be godly, leading to repentance (see 2 Cor. 7).
Regardless, as you said, disappointment does point us to our Savior and bring us back to the Gospel. We can never get too much of that!
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