What Do You Do with Disappointment?
Many times, and sometimes with me, disappointment leads
to discouragement and discouragement leads to quitting. Are we going to face
disappointment in life? Of course! Everyone does! At one point in John 6 Jesus
had a large crowd of disciples following Him and they all left except for the
12 and Jesus asked them if they would go too. Peter answered, “Where shall we
go? You have the Words of Eternal Life.” What about the Garden and Jesus said, “Let
this cup pass from me! But not my will but Yours be done!”
It’s always good to report successes. I like to tell successes
and I’m guessing you like to hear them. We’ve had some successes. 2 Sundays ago,
we had 14 in attendance but last Sunday we had 5 – a lot of people gone for
various reasons. Our Bible Club’s attendance has been disappointing for me. We’ve
now gone through 2 weeks of “starting” our Bible Clubs with very small or no
attendance. I’m not exactly sure why but I tend to spend time thinking about it.
Even in these situations I have to decide how to respond or react. We’ve had
some positives even with this – we’ve had some new people to come! We’ve had 1
good beginners Bible Club after Sunday worship where we had 7 in attendance!
What do I choose? First and foremost, I’ve been praying about
all of this and the work here. Please continue to join me in prayer! I don’t
have the answers, but God does! I’m striving to look at new ways to meet people
and reach out to them. I refuse to go down the negative road!
We’ve had one young preacher come and spend the weekend
with us and he did a nice job. Pray for Ivan. This weekend Artur L. and his fiancé
Mariana from L’viv comes in today and leave Sunday night. Pray for Artur L.
Next weekend we have Artur M. come in from Dnipro. Please pray for Artur M and our
decision making about a Ukrainian Preacher to work with us here.
There is a LOT to be encouraged about! Satan will NOT win
for “If God for us, who is against us!?” Romans 8:31.
Brother Doug,
ReplyDeleteSatan will try his best to discourage us from doing what is good and right. But we know God has the strength to overcome disappointment. We shed a few tears , Pray, Pray, oh did I say Pray, get up and press forward. His Word gives us so much encouragement knowing there was many before us who struggled but God saw them through! Faith is the Victory that overcomes the world! I will add you and the brethren there to my prayer list! Remember your just beginning again there and establishing a new routine so be patient and God will help you through these rough times! You are a Blessing and remember you are Christ’s Hands to serve the people to show them Him in all things! Love you Brother Fight the good Fight!
Your Sister,
Christine Woodall
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Thank you Christine for your encouragement! I appreciate it so much! Send me your email address on Messenger and I'll add you to my email group to get this blog.
ReplyDeleteIn Christ,
Doug