When disappointments hit you, it feels like an eternity to be able come out what you have experienced. They hurt and there is no denying about that – there is a pang attached with all that happened.
As a family right from 2019 we went through a series of battles that were posed against us in every level and every possible area of our life. From marriage to children to parenting to our finances and health. I don’t think anything was left untouched. To make matters worse the sudden lockdown, the fear of sickness and everything associated just happened and there you have it, we were just barraged.
We felt we were being attacked straight out of the movie 300, where the Persian arrows were shot all at once. Though in the movie the Spartans used their shield to defend themselves from the onslaught, in our case we just looked at our arrows with distress merely because there was no time to process all that was going on around us. Everything we were posed with all were hard to deal with, heavy for us to bear to a point it was overwhelming. There were too many things to fix and still needs fixing. Yet, (let me pause there a bit) it is in those moments of desperation and absolute hopelessness God intercedes when we cry out to him.
I want to share with you how we dealt with things and how we are still overcoming things bit by bit.
Acknowledging the pain that you are going through. No one likes to be exposed and feel vulnerable. The pain is real. Thus, there is need to acknowledge and accept it and coming to terms with it.
Get help. Reach out to people you know you can trust but not just that…you should be able to know your situation is safe with them. If you have friends, you know who wouldn’t judge you and your situation but be there to help you emotionally, spiritually and physically enable you through it all? Then those are the ones to get your help from. Some situations warrant counselling and professional help. We need that as well to help think and cope better.
Reach into God. There is nothing more warranting than reaching deep into His counsel and His wisdom to be able to go through what you are experiencing. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit .Psalm 34:17-18. This verse is true only when you know that the one thing that will relieve you, is from the Word. This is something that I personally experienced with God.
Praying. Praying is like breathing… prayer is also an everyday all the time conversation with your maker and creator. Just acknowledge the Lord in your life and take advantage of every small opportunity be it while driving, while doing the dishes, waiting somewhere – just connect with HIM and pour your heart out to HIM.
Look ahead. Perspective is everything isn’t it? Just when you think you are at the end of the line and you cannot take a step further is when God has his way of saying I’m not done with you yet! Romans 8:11. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. He is not done with you, there is much more to you than just the setbacks you are going through.
Remember your disappointments are moments, phases of life for us to endure and learn from. They are not meant for us to stay or remain and nor are they are meant to be our end. These things come to us to so that we know this is beyond us and that we require more than human strength to be able to season through. That is the beauty of our GOD – when you think you would not be able to get back or be able to bounce back is when GOD has his ability to just comfort, strengthen, build, redeem us from those big setbacks.
A Life Of Joy 