These encouraging Bible verses will help you to overcome disappointment through the words and truths of the Lord God and Jesus Christ. The Scriptures will comfort your heart when you're disappointed and bring faith, hope, and strength to your spirit.
I am not a born optimist, but then, I don't think anyone really is.
Despite appearances, I do not naturally see the good in people or in situations. My heart hides snarky cynicism and crushing depression, fragile insecurity and paralyzing anxiety. I have to work (harder than you think) at being pleasant and cheerful and uplifting.
I fail.
It is 12:52 am.
I am alone in a dark, quiet house. Isn't this every mothers' dream? Peace and quiet and time for reflection?
The rest of my family is enjoying a planned weekend away. I, too, had weekend plans, cancelled against my wishes at the last minute.
My heart is so heavy, burdened with the loss of encouragement and refreshment and friendship the weekend promised.
My limbs should be splayed out in the middle of my empty bed, and I should be deep in sleep.
About ten minutes ago, words I read in a Skype chat almost three weeks ago jolted me awake. My eyes flung open, and I jumped out of bed.
You should write about dealing with disappointment, she typed.
I can't, I argued. There are too many disappointments in my life right now (little did I know what was on the horizon!). It's just too close to home.
I don't remember what she said next, whether it was something like That's why you should write about it, or Do it when you're ready, or maybe nothing at all. I hadn't thought about the conversation another second until it woke me up in the middle of the night.
Disappointment (noun): the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the defeat of one's hopes or expectations
The disappointments in my life have been many.
The selfish, immature part of me wants to lay them all out before you, as if your kindness and pity would make them go away. They won't.
Our circumstances are different, yours and mine, but we both have them. Yours are as real and crushing and painful to you as mine are to me, and they linger, needling our hearts, despite our best intentions to leave them behind.
13 Bible Verses to Overcome Disappointment
- Believe in God's plan. Our God is a miracle worker. He can part waters, move boulders, heal the dead (not just the sick, remember, the dead), save, destroy, bless, and curse. He can do anything, everything, things beyond our comprehension. He has done, all throughout history, for Christians all over the world.
"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the Lord. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." -Isaiah 55:8-9
When I say you have to believe, I mean you have to believe that God has got this thing in His hands. He is looking out for you. He is working out a plan that is bigger than you, and you are going to be better for it in the end.
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah 29:11
Sometimes, it takes a painful disappointment to teach us a skill or strengthen our faith or to put us in the right place at the right time. We don't know His ways or His thoughts. We just have to believe in His promise.
- Grieve. Things have not gone the way you wanted. Your hopes and expectations have been defeated. You need to spend some quiet time being sad, mourning the way you thought things would be.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. -Psalm 34:18
Cry. Exercise. Read. Do whatever it is that releases the sadness, the disappointment, the defeat, the suffering.
And then, eventually, you have to stop grieving and move on.Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. -Psalm 30:5
Disappointment is not meant to define you, my friend. It is not meant to hold you hostage or weigh you down into the mire of depression. Don't give it that power.
- Pray. You had to know this was coming, right? Spend some time talking to your Heavenly Father. Tell Him your heartache. Tell Him about the plans you had and ask Him to show you why He's taken them away. I promise you that He has good in this for you, and it's okay to ask Him what that good is.
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28
Talk to Him like you'd talk to your best friend. Your prayer doesn't have to be pretty or sound like one at your church. It just has to be honest and come from your heart.
Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. -Psalm 55:22
You, my friend, are the godly. You are chasing after God, trying to do the right thing, seeking a better understanding of Him. Aren't you? He's talking about you.
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:6-7
- Listen and wait. Big things happen when we pray. Sometimes, they are blessings beyond our expectations.
But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. -Matthew 6:6
Sometimes they happen right away, but usually they happen later when we least expect them. Keep waiting in God's love and grace. You'll know when your prayer has been answered.
Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. -Psalms 27:14
- Search for the good. This is a miserable time to try to be thankful. I don't know about you, but all I want to do is wallow in self pity of my dreams deferred (or dreams lost). This is the time when it's hardest - and most important - to find the good, grab onto it with both hands, and celebrate it. You need to find a new perspective and praise the One who created all the good in the world.
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. -Psalm 118:24
In beginning this post in the middle of the night, I came to understand that it wouldn't have happened if my plans had worked out. I wouldn't have been sleeping fitfully. I wouldn't have jumped out of bed to write these words. It was God's plan for me to write these words. (It has been an incredibly soothing and cathartic process). It is also His plan for you to be reading them right now. I am thankful that He chose me.
Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:19b-20
- Believe in yourself. You too are part of God's great plan. He is preparing you to do His work right now, even in this time of disappointment. No matter what burden comes, know that He will help you stand underneath it, carry it up the hill, and triumph over it in the end.*
Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. -Isaiah 40:28-31
God believes in you. You may not feel equipped to handle this on your own, but He'll give you what you need to get through it.
For I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength. -Philippians 4:13
*The triumph doesn't always happen when we think it should. Sometimes, we only triumph over our struggles as we leave this broken world. A conversation I had with my pastor illustrates this point:
"Tara, God will heal her."
"I just don't know that He will. She is so sick. She hardly gets out of bed."
"He is going to heal her. He might heal her body now, or He might heal her soul in heaven, but you can trust Him to heal her."
Wow. The simplicity and immensity of that statement left me with many tears but complete peace. We can trust Him to defeat our disappointment, no matter what it is.
Get these Bible verses on overcoming disappointment in a convenient black and white printable below. You can work on memorizing and meditating on them, one at a time.
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Victoria says
I just stopped and prayed for you after reading this. These verses are wonderful. I know when I went through my struggle with my mom being ill, the verse about the mustard seed, came to my mind a lot. As well as the one about listening and obeying your parents as my mom and I had very different views on how much I should care for her in her illness, I saw her refusing my help as hurtful but God showed me it was her way of expressing love for me.
Darlene says
I too struggled with healing my mom as she declined. Right up to the end she was stoic and proud. I couldn't help her but I tried my best. I was not reading scripture or praying much at the time and ultimately her death left me full of fear and doubt instead of feeling comfort that she is now at peace with the Lord.
Bernard says
I'm happy to get the opportunity to write here. I've been wanting to do the work of God but currently almost 85% of churches here are family churches and it's very difficult to be under this pastors. All i want is someone to be with and learn more of God and do His work
Eddie says
Wow I think we think a like keep it going im in a church were i feel like I need more i feel like I have reached as far as I am going to go at this church
Dr M Crosby says
Hello, Eddie. The mistake we make most often is that we expect a human (Pastor) to give us the relationship we desperately desire in God. The Pastor can only direct us as sheep, and cause a hunger for God. They should train us in the basics of the relationship, but rarely in all my years of serving the Lord have I ever seen it. It is my reaching out to God in my personal time with Him that causes the growth and the hunger for more.
Betty Dillon says
Thank you so much for this post. It was heartfelt and really gets to the core of the emotions felt during disappointment. In my church there has been much other times of disappointment. But as I look back on it now, I see how God is strengthening me and teaching me to look to God and not man. I have learned to trust him more during these difficult times as he shows me that I am who he says I am...not man. I must yield to the process of letting him prune me as I continue to die to self (my agenda, my ambitions, my perspective). So I surrender to your plans God for my life, for I know that the Dolores that you open, no man can shut and those you shut no man can open. So have your way God in each and every aspect of our lives!
Lee-ann says
My husband and i are married for almost a year we live with my parents but they always make us feel like we owe them everything no matter wat we do they say and do hurtful things .my mum even throws the money we give for the house back on my face sayn my dad gets wat my husband earn in 1 month in 1 days it hurts as we cannot afford to move out They always comparing me to my sister and bring me down my husband broke both his legs my mum keeps picking on it and saying who told me get a husband like that he works 6 to 6 at night then wen he comes back my parents and sister makes him drive around for hours not allowing him to sleep or spend time with me if i say anything my mum tells me its the least we can do for living and eating here which makes my husband and i fight and hurt each other plz help me
Tara Ziegmont says
I'm so sorry Lee-ann. I'll pray that your situation improves and that God will open a door for you to a better life.
ConnieFoggles says
These are helpful and comforting. I deal with anxiety so I can use this.
Tara Ziegmont says
I'm glad they're helpful to you. I completely understand anxiety.
Mariah says
My disappointments are me and my child dad breaking up and all I plans being cancelled but I been still holding on and trying my best to believe that we will get back together. Your encouraging words and the things that my pastor and church members have said and prayed is helping me hold on. I never talked this much to God or prayed as much as I have until I lost that person. I have read through your encouraging words at least three or four times because it helps me get through the day so thank you so much.
Karen Barnes says
Wow, I am going through the same thing with my ex husband. I made the mistake of making a choice to divorce him and now I regret it. I felt like he didn't deserve me because 90% was my fault. So I made that decision to release him. Now God is in the process of changing me and hopefully my husband. Yes I said my husband because I am believing God and His promises to me. I pray he wants me back as well. Forgetting the past is not easy. Presently as one of my healing balms, the Lord is calling me to write a book which is called "Your Past Is Just A Story". He is healing me through every letter I've have typed so far. God has been so good to me. Thank you Lord for the change in me.
The verse I am encourage from is Psalms 55:22 and Romans 8:28 which are my favorite in this season of my life. Thanks Tara
melissa bonner says
I've been in this place for some time now. my finances are a mess, my marriage is a mess, and my overall relationship with others is very distant. I feel like the dissappointment to all i encounter. i cant seem to move from this place and what hurts is I feel very alone and misunderstood. Pls keep me in ur prayers.
Eddie says
Mariah keep reading the bible and keep in your heart when somebody leaves your life it's because god has a better plan for you never count on man read acts 5:29 always rely on the lord he will never forsake you AMEN
Janet wesley says
Tara husband of 42yrs passed 1 day after my birthday at home from throat, lung and spinal cancer.He was hospice pt.He wanted to be close to me and others that he loved.We had very few family that lived where we live.But those that did live close were very helpful during his final days for him and me.I still thank God for help.But it seems when my oldest anddoesn't only daughterI I was able to come here to give me moral support and fromanything else she could is when family that was giving much needed support cut all ties with me. To someone that doesnr't know me it would appear that I was only interested for finances only . I am mother of 5 adult children. I never turned my back on them.y electric has been turned off. salvation army has helped me. 2 teenage grandsons hatve been going thru their on struggles.Have been praying and asking God why this is happening. I feel like am a abomination to our God with them turning their backs on me.I hope you get this post.
Suzan says
Janet I am praying for you. I'm sorry for what you are experiencing. Stay strong. Someday God will reveal to us all why we had to endure these trials. One thing I do know is that Jesus is our lifeline. Never let go of Him. I love Psalm 91. It ALWAYS encourages me. Reading the psalms aloud is great medicine for our aching souls. It was no accident that I found this blog tonight while seeking encouragement for my own grief but I found relief in encouraging you. You are not alone. We are not alone. Find someone to encourage even if it is someone you don't know. Whatever you need, give that to someone else. God has the most awesome way of causing that gift to fill us. My prayer for you is that you will feel the mighty arms of Jesus holding you close to Him. He loves us too much to let us go. Much love and courage to you friend.
Linda Vogt Turner says
Thank you Tara for listening to that wee small voice in the middle of the night. That wee voice led you to write us who feel let down and discouraged today. So I too have something to say to encourage Janet and myself. When my husband drowned, I felt like God had abandoned me. I had lost my job a few months before and then with the death of my husband, finances and an illness in the family forced me to consider moving. I did not want to move! But after the car was repossessed, I got lost while travelling by bus to my daughter's home for my grandson's birthday party. With the kind help of strangers, I found my way. As the bus pulled up and stopped at the stop before I needed to disembark, the bus driver spotted a lone traveler running to catch us. As we waited, I looked at my watch to see how late I would be for the party. Then I looked up and noticed the Alabaster Box Church just outside the bus window. The name on the sign said Bethany-Newton. At that very moment, I knew God was with me. I knew that it was God's plan that I move near my daughter and that Bethany-Newton would give me and my family the support we needed to grieve the loss of my beloved husband. I did and with the move I was able to buy a car. Last year, 7 years after my husband's death, I made a wish. I wished I could move back downtown. To be honest I had wished that several times over the years. But last year, my heart was really in the wish. The very next day, I got a phone call from the realtor who sold me my house, asking me if I wanted to list and move back downtown. I did and the day before my open house, I went out back to clean up a mess I had noticed outside my gate. I opened the gate and there to my wondrous eyes was a beautiful sight. The spewed concrete and the long gangly weeds were gone. Someone unknown to me had replaced that mess with a carpet of green turf. At that moment I knew. God had a buyer already picked out for me. I would be moving! But I had to trust and wait on that knowledge. The people who put an offer on my house, wanted quick possession. I had to trust and say yes before I had found anything downtown. Remembering the beautiful sight outside my gate...and trusting on the wee small voice of conviction I received with that sight, I accepted their offer. The very next day, the Realtor phoned with a brand new listing. It was perfect for me. But...the sellers were not accepting offers until the Wednesday after two scheduled weekend open houses. Two hundred people attended those open houses and multiple offers were made. My offer was the one they accepted. So, Janet, trust God's love for you. God is with you. Take Susan's advice. Find someone to encourage you...even if it is someone you don't know or a beautiful sight or coincidence that speaks to your faith. I think God speaks to each of us differently and depends on us and those who love to share and act upon their faith in God with others. God is eternal and mighty! God created humanity...us...in God's own image and likeness. We Christians are called to embrace one another in Jesus' name as sisters, brothers, neighbours, friends and beloveds of a mighty GOD who is with us forever.
Shannon says
I have been encouraged by your beautiful writing. Thank you so much for sharing those wise words. You've helped me find new hope for the day.
Joy Kelley says
I won't pretend to understand all you are going thru. It burdens my heart to read your post. I did want to share to you to try to remember when others disappoint us, let us down or treat us cruelty it is not a reflection of our worth but a reflection of their lack of character and wisdom. I will be praying for you. I know your post was written in december, I hope things are better for you.
Christine says
Thanks for your words. It was something I really needed to hear.
Eddie says
Read Matthew 10:34-36 I hope this helps
SB says
Thank you Tara for not going on vacation that weekend. I needed to read these words 6 years after you wrote them. It.shpws that only God can arrange healing way before you will need it.
Michelle says
This is lovely. I love where you say disappointment is not meant to define you and don't give it power. We cannot let disappointment hold us back...we must move forward...better things are ahead if you can see through the disappointment and on to the blessings in our lives. You conveyed all of this so well...I am thinking of you.
Pauline says
I am very sad n disappointed. Can someone quote me some comforting verses fr the bible. I always try my best to help n be nice to others,but most of the time they either abuse my kindness or did not treat me well. I wonder is it because I am not pretty, don't know how to project a good image or because I am not well off or holds a high post
Kika says
Hi Pauline, I am praying for you. I wonder if you are saved? If you realize how much God loves you? He loves you so much that He gave his son to die for you. If you don't know this I encourage you to seek him first and find solace in his sacrifice and love for you. You can do this by confessing your sin and inviting Jesus into your heart, acknowledging the great sacrifice of dying on the cross and rising from the grave, Just For YOU! John 3:16 He is so merciful and loving in that way!! Here are some verses that I pray will encourage you and help you to understand how marvelous you are!
Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Psalm 139: 13-24
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Here are some others for you to look up and study on your own...God Bless you darling
Psalm 37:11, 1 Timothy 6:18, Romans 12:20, I Peter 3: 3-4, I Samuel 16:7, Romans 8:31-39, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Thessalonians 3:13
Nyo Troupe says
I enjoyed reading this so much, it’s help me, I am 59 yrs old and have been severely depressed all my life due to mental and emotional abuse from family members, this is the first time in my life that I feel hopeful. I appreciate this so much.
Ikeisha says
Ure beautiful because no one's better than God he is perfect an we all are the same. Just pray an talk to God also read ure Bible as The Lord to guide u where to read an he will just listen
Eddie says
Ok pauline galations 6:9-10 god bless you and keep up the faith
Michelle says
I was feeling sorry for myself because my children dissapointed me on Mother's Day. I was also a little upset with my husband. So I decided to look up bible verses that dealt with dissapointment. I quickly came upon your posts and related bible verses. I sincerely prayed about my dissapointment and asked God to take away my bitterness toward my children. As I was reading and praying, I got to the part about God answering prayers. You said, "Sometimes they happen right away, but usually they happen later when we least expect them. Keep waiting. You'll know when your prayer has been answered." Immediately afterwards, my phone rang. It was my husband calling to tell me that he loved me. I know that was God's way of telling me "all is good. Forgive your kids because they just don't understand." I forgive them. I guess I shouldn't expect them to feel the way I do about Mother's Day. I feel much better now and this blog has helped me to remember that God is in charge and that dissapointments are simply challenges of faith. Thank you God for healing my heart.
Tara Ziegmont says
Thank you for taking the time to share your heart. I'm so glad you found comfort in these verses.
Kudzie Kunyeda says
I found your post after I found out I had not got the job that I was so confident I had got.
After I received the news I froze and knew I had to pray and the disappointment would have engulfed me to nothingness.
Thank you for your post. I printed it out and cannot stop reading it.
Your post has not only encouraged me, the verses are comforting and reassuring.
God bless you.
Thank you for allowing him to use you to uplift us.
Smart Nangwala says
These verses are a blessing to me.
Sylvia Street says
God blessed you, dear! I had the same feelings about the same problem. I prayed on it this morning and then I found this site! He gave me peace and a calm spirit. Praise God!
April says
I just wanted to say thanks for this post. i got some pretty disappointing news tonight when i got home and i was so thankful to see this...what a wonderful way to see things and realize this life is so much more than what we think we want and if it was meant to be then God will make it happen when the time is right...thank u so much
Liz Williams says
Well it's not quite 12:52am but it's 12:10am in my house. Quiet with my husband and two little boys sleeping away. (I agree it should be a mothers dream 😉 Today we just came back from my Granny's house (about 2 hours away from home) visiting for the last time as the house was sold and they are closing this week. My beautiful fiesty Granny was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was moved to a nursing home here in January. I have spent endless weekends and summers at my Granny's. Countless memories. Gorgeous life long story telling memories. I just can't shake it. I am devistated and heart broken...disappointed. Tears streaming I came across your blog and your words as I was searching for God's words to help the hurt. "It Is also His plan for you to be reading them right now. I am thankful that He chose me.Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Ephesians 5:19b-20
Wow!!
Not exactly sure why I just shared this with strangers, while sitting in the dark in our bathroom. But it was therapeutic, & definitely felt God speaking to me. Thank you so much!
I'm so sorry you had a change of plans on your fun weekend, but a firm believer that God chose you to speak to others in difficult times, including me.
Thank you, thank you.
Tara Ziegmont says
It's amazing how He puts us in the right place at the right time. I have written "devastated and heartbroken and disappointed" in my journal over and over in the last few months, and it has nothing to do with the fun weekend. All we can do is pray and find comfort in His Word. I'm honored to have helped you to do that. Thank you so much for sharing your heart.
Cindi says
thanks for this post, very helpful. I just found out I didn't get a job I really wanted (been searching for 6 months) and I am miserable in the environment I am currently working in. While I am disappointed that I didn't get the job, I think I'm probably most disappointed that God's plan might be for me to stay at this awful place! (just call me Noah running from Nineva LOL) Now I'm a teesy bit hopeful that maybe He has better plans for me that I can't see. But either way, I need to find a way to be at peace with the situation (content in all circumstances?? I wish). This blog post helped a lot, and I will be re-reading it and studying those verses as well. 🙂
Traci Robb says
Thanks for posting what the Holy Spirit placed in you heart. I was searching for some words to give my daughter who is struggling with disappointment right now. This is a great help and ministered to me so much
Clarissa says
Soooo glad I came across your blog tonight! Thank you! Experiencing disappointment right now and this was JUST what I needed: to be reminded of how much my Heavenly Father loves and cares for me and that He has not left me in this and that His plans are MUCHHH better than my own!
Heart broken & wondering says
Hi,
I wanted to know what to read in the bible when feeling disappointed & I came across this. Thank you for sharing. I feel guilty for wanting to wallow for just a little longer. I'm over 40 & never been married. Just recently I met this really lovely guy, initially he was just helping me with a few things & then asked me out a couple of times. He treated me beautifully, but when I asked him how he felt about God & Jesus the answer wasn't what I had hoped. I pressed into God & he told me I had to step back. :(. It tool me so long to find someone who treated me as good as he did & I had to let him go. Just feeling sad & disappointed. I know & keep saying that God's timing is perfect, but sometimes I wish he'd hurry up.
Regina says
Dear Sister....I have been praying for God to send me a saved man of God for the past 15 years now...I have had many guys approach me, but they were never the desire of my heart...When someone was not right for me..The LORD would let me know. I am still waiting...some days are more frustrating than others...but I have to say that the good days outweigh the bad days 🙂 I am holding on to God's Word that says in His Psalms...Thank you Lord for blessing me with the desires of my heart!....Those who hope in the LORD will not be put to shame...disappointed....He desires that above all things that we prosper and be in health even as our souls prosper....also that He knows the plans that He has for us plans for good and not for evil, to give us a hope and a future....Be encouraged Sister....I believe He will come through for us and prove faithful to his promises toward us in ALL areas of our lives...In Jesus' Mighty Name- Amen and Amen.
cassie says
Earlier today, something happened that left my heart experiencing such emptiness, displacement, even a little anger, and sorrow/grief. Thus, I searched for something to read on Google and your blog entry caught my heart's eye. Thank you so much for taking the time to share in your typing. It reminded me that there is only 'one' who will never disappoint our yearning hearts. May God bless you.
Jennifer Timmons says
I was feeling a lot of disappointment today and I decided to look up what the bible says about dealing with disappointment. I came across this site. It is 11:15 p.m. and I was sitting earlier with my mother in our living room. She was spouting out all her disappointments. She is upset that her brother wrote very little in her sympathy card she received for her loss of her husband. She was saddened about the limited people who stopped by. She was saddened that she rarely sees her two adult sons. She is upset that people decide to come to the funeral but they rarely saw them during the time my dad was alive. In the midst of this, I shared with her about the moment just a few weeks ago when her son came to see her in the hospital and they shared a special hug. THis seemed to help. i find it hard to deal with so much sadness. I want a different life for us now that my father has passed.
Carol Barbieri says
This is excellent. It should be titled, "13 Bible Verses and 6 Steps to Lead a Peaceful Life."
Muneyi says
Thank you so much. I needed this . I am disappointed by the outcome of a relationship I believe was from God. I dated a man who was divorced and his friends have influenced him to doubt any new woman who comes into his life. We had such a good relationship but now mistrust reigns and plans cancelled all because of bad influence from people who do not even know me. God help me
Tosha says
Thanks sister! May God bless u for this piece of information.
it has helped me somuch because i have some confrontation with my girlfriend! she has left me but pray for her to come back. i realy luv her somuch!!!
Uniqua says
I'm so thankful for you posting these words. I am in a relationship with an addict. I am at my wits end. Promises after promises. He was in an accident last week. He sat in his hospital bed crying, saying God had given him a second chance, I should too. So I decided to open my heart again, believing him, again. Wanting to believe him so badly. Here we are not even a week out of the hospital and he goes and gets a fix. Stitches, broken bones or not..I had to kick him out. I can not allow him to be one that wrecks my spirit. I love him, but I love my sanity and myself so much more. I did this for my own good. My level of disappointment has reached an all time high. I feel like my prayers are not helping. I know God has a plan for us all. Bless you for your inspirations. Know that in this very difficult time they are comforting my broken heart and my damaged soul.
arlene says
Had a job interview today the interviewer said that he would phone to let me know Wether I have been successful at interview. He has not bothered to contact me. I am disappointed and fed up. I am wondering why didn't i get the job . My son has been unemployed for 4 years he desperately wants a job, please pray for him.
Charles says
I pray that no one has has to endeaure the life i have had. I was so full of ambition. I got my bachelors and masters degree and was so excited. I was dating the girl of my life and had such great plans. Not of this never happened.. The girl I dated, we broke up. I never found anyone else. The teaching job i hoped for. never happened and now I am now 59 years old and i feel my life is wasted. I have prayed about this so many times, no answer. I have lost my mom and dad within the last 7 years so what do i do? God doesn't answer me or help me at all.I feel my life is wasted. What can i do
alena mcgowan says
I have been extremely disappointed in other's, with my sadness, I often react in the wrong way which leaves me feeling disappointed with myself. ( which is worse than feeling dissapointed with other's) I appreciate this website amoungst other's that I am able to learn through God's word to deal with and overcome lives disapointments. Thank You~
Drew Robinson says
I thank you for this. I have to remember to put God first and talk with him.
Alyssa says
I needed to hear this. Clearly your words were meant for me. Thank you.
shirley says
I too was doing a simple search on disappointment--so grateful the Lord guided me to your blog.---these scriptures of truth combined with your compassion have been like medicine for my hurting heart--like an outstretched hand of help- thank you-- a renewing of the mind for the broken hearted-
Angela says
I really wanted all this words. As a return to you, two words "Thank You".
Blessed Sheriff says
I just wanted to say, I'm so thankful for you. I just came back from a major competition that would have given me thousands of dollars in college tuition. I'm a high school student and my family is not rich at all. I have a single mother and four siblings and we live on about 20,000 a year. College is my dream and I was depending on God to see me through. I didn't get where I wanted to be, but still I give God all the glory. I know he's taking me where he wants me to be. I loved it when you wrote about asking God why things happen. Too often I feel like we're deferred from expressing anger and pain and we have so many bitter questions for God that we try to ignore for fear of losing his favor. But the bible say's his faithfulness is FOREVER. Thanks to you I finally built the courage to cry out to God and ask him why he let what happened happen, but also I was able to ask him for comfort. I'm so much closer to letting it go and trusting God. His word says he works everything together for the good of those who love him. I believe it.
God bless you.
Christine says
Am blessed and encouraged,i can over come aswell my heart break. Ive just realised God cares about how i feel.
Terri says
My dearest ones in Christ, living stones we all are and searching for some balance to the weight of sadness and grief and disappointment that comes into every life. God sees us and I pray for all of us and the ones yet to come that we know He is near. The word is in our heart and we are not to let the word depart from our mouth. We need to speak it and learn scriptures as these because people including us our selfish and we all get hurt. I feel your pain. I read each one and I am sad too thinking after so many years of marriage and wading through hard times again and again in my getting older into my 50's there would be some sweetness to being married. There is but wanting to really walk with the Lord and your spouse seems so far away. Simple isn't it but deep waters and many years. I know God loves me and He spoke to me 15 years ago in Job, Don't deny my providence. His plan, His way, all good even if we see it not in this world but we certainly do see good don't we. And you know what? He does want to be our all. If we let Him have first place truly He never lets us down and He takes those dissapointments and weaves them into beautiful things that we learn and grow from and that He Himself lifts us into heavenly realms. Knowing Him, leaning on Him takes us into the realm of the heavenly. God bless all who come her and settle our hearts solid in you. This will pass. One day, we will be with you forever. Terri
Michelle says
This was so powerful and what I needed to read as I have dealt with so much disappointment and even feeling mad at god thanks for being sensitive and stepping out and writing this
Simaema Neilsen says
Thank you for this. I needed this. God bless you heart
Amelia says
Thank you, your words and scriptures have been a blessing to me. I needed this so much, and you are right, I believe it was in his plan for me to find your blog and read it. I believe everything happens for a reason, and even though the disappointments I feel right now are hard, I'm sure that he is working it all out for my good. Thank you again.
Lesa says
Great wisdom shared in this post. Thank you! Luke 10:19 "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you."
Melissa says
This has also ministered to me.....no doubt that it was written under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. My husband lost his job on May 30. He has since had disappointment after disappointment while job searching. We know the Lord will provide a job; however, the waiting is almost unbearable. Please pray for us. Thank you.