You Can’t Avoid This, Can You? 😉

Disappointments are unavoidable.

Okay, that’s probably not what you wanted to hear today. 🤭It doesn’t sound very encouraging, but if you let me keep going, you’ll realize that maybe it is. 

While disappointments are unavoidable, staying disappointed is a choice.

Just yesterday, I was disappointed. I had made plans to spend time with a friend. It was a beautiful day, and we were both off. 

But then she didn’t get in touch. Only later she texted me and said, “sorry, it was just so nice being with my family.”

I was sitting at home alone, which I honestly do quite often, and the only thing “keeping me company” was a whole lot of work.

So that short WhatsApp message, after I had waited for her for hours, hurt twice as much.

Do you know how I initially interpreted it?

“Spending time with my family is more valuable to me than spending time with you.”

Was that what SHE meant? No.

Did I choose to believe that’s what she meant? Yes.

It almost made me want to say: “Well, that’s your own fault.”

Disappointments are unavoidable.But staying disappointed is a choice.

And that’s why, in the middle of disappointments, we need to constantly return to the truth.

It’s like flashing a “flashlight of truth” into a dark situation to take away the power of the disappointment. 🔦

In Philippians 4, we read: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” (Philippians 4:8)  

True means TRUE—thoughts that align with God’s truth.

When I did exactly that, I started to rejoice for her, and told her: “How wonderful that you have such a healthy family who genuinely enjoys spending time together!” 🤗

And then I went out anyway—alone. But that gave God time to whisper to my heart, to stir something new within me.

And that’s exactly what He did.

When you remain stuck in your disappointment,your ears aren’t free to hear what God is saying.

Where do you need to shine your “flashlight of truth” today to put an end to your disappointment? 🔦

You are a miracle!