CLOSETING YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT
We know all too well the mindset that prompted Job to cry out, “May the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, ‘A male child is conceived'” (Job 3:3)
Both Barbara and I have on occasion closeted our discouragement. Instead of working out the dark emotions, we try to tuck it all away, like a box full of Christmas ornaments in an obscure closet. The problem is that unresolved discouragement and disillusionment can easily replace faith and expectancy. We’ve found that it’s much healthier, spiritually speaking, if we open the closet door, bring them out and discuss our disappointment. With God first, but also with another.
Do you closet your own disappointment with God? Do you ever become dishonest with God and put on an external spiritual veneer that says, “All is well”?
Unprocessed discouragement results in mistrust—and at this critical point the enemy of our souls has us exactly where he wants us. Paralyzed in unbelief from the neck down, our eyes see and our minds know what we ought to believe, but the faith of our hearts lies frozen. And a subtle mistrust of God sets in.
Dealing with “Why did God allow that?” is never easy. But in a relationship where expectations have gone unmet and discouragement has taken up residence, it is essential that the problem be processed.
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NOTE: This article is from the Book “Family Life and Marriage Bible” by Dennis and Barbara Rainey.
LOVE YOUR SPOUSE 
Thank you Sister Nancy…a timely Word in due season ( for me ) and I KNOW God wanted me to hear this…(( love you lots ))
Hi Paulette!
Thanks for you great comment. 1Pet.5:6-7 has begun to be one of my greatest passages. Keep fighting the good fight! You are truly more than a conqueror. Love you!
Sister Nancy……speechless…..I’m speechless….this post is for me & it cut deep. I knew all along that this (disappointment) I was experiencing was a direct attack from the enemy to my faith in God. It began to do exactly as you stated…..paralyze….I wanted to feel as I would sit and listen to the message during service, as I tried to read God’s Word, as I listened to other believers talk about how good God is. But I just couldn’t HEAR nothing but my disappointment and how I had felt let down by God. Though my brain knows differently, I couldn’t get my heart to agree. So glad to say that a week ago I chose to trust in God again and everyday I tell myself “its going to be okay….God has my back and Iam confident He knows whats best for my life and my family…He hasn’t forgotten about me nor the promises He has made to me”.
Hi Eva! Thank you for your honest comment. I have been disappointed in so many levels during my Christian walk. I can hear God’s still small voice in my heart asking me if I will still serve him even though the outcome of my situation was disappointing. I always say yes. Then I have to trust God once again. He does so much for us that we don’t see. All the forces in heaven and the Holy Spirit in us are working everything for our good. It is all for God’s glory and not ours. We are promised double for our trouble. Stay doubly blessed!