Dealing With Disappointment 11/16/2024

 Good Morning,

I am sitting at my desk with a very hot cup of Door County Peanut Butter Crunch Coffee and I will do my best to keep it down. This virus is still hammering on both of us but I wanted to try some coffee this morning and see how it goes. 

Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. 

Psalm 112:7 He is not afraid of bad news.; his heart is firm trusting in the Lord. 

My wife Rene and I were supposed to be attending the wedding of our niece today. Our daughter was supposed to be flying in with our grandson for the occasion. This was in the planning for a whole year. Rene has a new dress for the occasion and I have a new spiffy tie and shirt to wear with my suit. There was so much planned for this weekend. On this last Monday I saw that the plans were going to the toilet and there was nothing I could do to stop the mudslide of life caused by this virus. 

I am not throwing a pity party here, although it sounds like it. Life has it's ups and downs and a long time ago I learned that disappointments are often for a reason. I am not sure what this mess is leading up to or what I am to learn from it, but I know that God has a plan for everything that He allows to happen. I may have an idea as to what is to come from this, but I will keep that to myself for now. I sure am learning patience for one thing!

Friends and family have offered to help us with anything we need. And I had to humble myself and ask for some assistance with a couple of things. Our nephew and a neighbor helped us out. This is new to me and I am not used to needing help. We are used to helping others. So that is lesson One. Don't think that you will never need help and it is good to keep humility on your shoulder. Lesson Two, don't wait on special occasions to visit family, anything can happen and cancel those plans. Lesson Three is to trust in God no matter what, and He will show you the "why". But better yet, trust Him blindly and accept what is going on, and just maybe you don't need to know the why. There is greater peace in blind trust. 

Have a great day. Food for thought.

Marty