You Are Not A Disappointment
A few weeks ago, I was watching a show with a brother and sister having a conversation. The phrase mentioned by the sister to the brother is what stuck with me. She said, “You are not a disappointment.”
Before we continue let’s review some definitions for disappointment. Dictionary.cambrige.org states disappointment as the “unhappiness or discouragement that results when your hopes or expectations have not been satisfied, or someone or something that is not as good as you had hoped or expected.” Vocabulary.com describes it as “a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized or an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.”
Some synonyms from Thesaurus.com use words like defeat, disaster, failure, mistake, obstacle, and setback. I definitely have experienced emotions of defeat after a long workday or when a relationship outcome did not go the way I wanted. I have been disappointed in some of my choices as a young lady and as an adult woman. I have known the disappointment I have felt towards the Lord when I know He is all powerful but chooses to allow a circumstance to play out. I have been disappointed in people and myself numerous times, but on that day the phrase of disappointment hit me hard. It did not hit in a way that led me to remember past mistakes or experience shame. What I felt when God pointed out this phrase was relief.
No matter how I might feel about my choices or what someone’s feedback says about my choices. My Father reminded me that HE WAS NOT DISSAPPOINTED IN ME!
Our Father does not look at us as failures or mistakes. Our Father does not feel dissatisfaction or loose hope when our decisions lead to a dark road. And even when our allegiance (lack of trust and obedience) to Him is shaky. Our Father’s love will never change.
My sibling in Christ, I hope you go throughout the rest of your life knowing. You are “very good” (Genesis 1:31). You are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:13-14). You “will never be separated from the love of God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:37-39).
YOU ARE NOT A DISSAPPOINTMENT TO GOD!
YOU ARE HIS UNIQUE HANDIWORK AND HIGHLY VALUED!