Has God Ever Disappointed You?
To love is to risk. I set up expectations of people I love whether I mean to or not. The more I love, the more expectations I have. I sense it when those expectations are not met and I feel like I’ve been let down. It’s something that annoys me about myself. I want to love without expectation. I want to love freely and not let people down or feel like they let me down.
I love God, I pray, I come to him with the things that weigh on my heart. When he doesn’t answer the way I think he should that can make me feel like he let me down. I don’t understand why God chooses to not do things that seem obviously right to me. But I know that he can see more than I can and that he can give me the strength I need to go through those tough times. I know that my risk is higher if I don’t love because then I am truly all alone. Has God ever let you down?
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Mika, my heart goes out to you and in all honesty I have to say that I do understand that feeling of God ‘disappointing’ us. I have felt that in my life too and it took me a long time to realize that God wasn’t the one doing the disappointing but that it was sin in this world that causes such incredible heartache. In fact He was there right beside me through the entire trial. If you would like one of our mentors to contact you Mika just fill out the form here and someone will email you privately. http://powertochange.com/discover/talk-to-a-mentor/
Sarah, you said it so very well, that time does heal and that it gives you a different perspective on things.
The human part of me sometimes feels alone and let down, but when I stop rolling in my sorrow and look back at the situation I can see that it wasn’t God who let me down. I made my own choices and can even remember when that nagging feeling I had to change my mind at times. Time heals everything and to look back you sometimes have a different perspective on things. Sometimes you can even see why it didn’t work out “our” way. Most situations that I have blamed God for have been caused by myself or part of a greater plan. And to think that being a christian meant that life would be a cake walk is really silly of me. I am So grateful that he doesn’t close the door on me everytime I disappoint him, or I wouldn’t make it past a single day. I praise my Lord for his Mercy and forgiveness and require it on a daily basis.
I feeel like God is disappointing. I have some restrictions when it comes to him Because a few years ago God disappointed me. I feel like he let me down. I made the choice of choosing to live for God and God alone then all hell broke loose on me. I couldn’t understand. I didn’t understand why would God do this to me? I choose to live for him. Then I started question my beliefs and my relationship with God and Jesus. I know God has been trying to bring my back to Him but I just can’t see myself committing myself to him again. I know I need too but I can’t find it in my heart to trust him and love him again. I feel like I can’t let me guard down with him