Theme for week: Faith and The Little Foxes
January 18, 2022 (Tuesday)
(Every time I read Song of Solomon 2:15 (“Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines”), I am reminded that small things can do big damage. The blogs this week are about how our faith can help us overcome sins that may seem small to us, but can cause us much heartache).
The dictionary defines the verb, “disappoint,” as “to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of” or, “to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate.”
Disappointment is what I feel when I believe I did not get what I expected or deserved. It may be a wife whose husband gave her a coffee maker instead of a diamond ring for Christmas. Or it may be a wife or husband who has discovered that their mates did not turn out to be the persons they expected them to be. I think we could go on all night describing situations in which we, or someone we know, has been disappointed.
Have you ever said, “I was disappointed in..” and what followed was a description of a deed, a person, a situation or any one of a thousand possibilities, because if you are like most people, you experience life in the “highs” of success or the “lows” of disappointments. Or somewhere in between. In other words, you are frustrated at times over circumstances that have interrupted your plans.
Obviously, it is impossible to list all the disappointments of your life or mine or anyone else’s. What might help us is knowing how to approach God in prayer after disappointments. I read an article in which the author got it right, I think, when he suggested we pray, after being disappointed, and say, “What now, Lord?”
If we are really interested in being helped, we will not allow ourselves to live in a perpetual “pity party,” cutting ourselves off from help. We must open up about our feelings, especially to God. If we are mature to any degree at all, we will want to take positive action instead of sitting alone in the darkness. If “Plan A” did not work, then go to “Plan B,” and so on down the line. Don’t just give up and hide within yourself. Get going. Discover the next step, and live your life. After all, you have the promise of the Lord, “I will be with you always.”
Written by Barry Dean and Tom Douglas
2003
(Sung by Martina McBride)
I met God’s Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves
It hid the braces on his legs at first
His smile was as bright as the August sun
When he looked at me
As he struggled down the driveway, it almost
Made me hurt
Will don’t walk too good
Will don’t talk too good
He won’t do the things that the other kids do,
In our neighborhood
[Chorus:]
I’ve been searchin’, wonderin’, thinkin’
Lost and lookin’ all my life
I’ve been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
I’ve wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother’s miracle
I’ve been readin’, writin’, prayin’, fightin’
I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was until
I knew God’s Will
Will’s mom had to work two jobs
We’d watch him when she had to work late
And we’d all laugh like I hadn’t laughed
Since I don’t know when
Hey Jude was his favorite song
At dinner he’d ask to pray
And then he’d pray for everybody in the world but him
[Chorus]
I’ve been searchin’, wonderin’, thinkin’
Lost and lookin’ all my life
I’ve been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
I’ve wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother’s miracle
I’ve been readin’, writin’, prayin’, fightin’
I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was until
I knew God’s Will
Before they moved to California
His mother said, they didn’t think he’d live
And she said each day that I have him, well it’s just
another gift
And I never got to tell her, that the boy
Showed me the truth
In crayon red, on notebook paper, he’d written
Me and God love you
I’ve been searchin’, prayin’, wounded, jaded
I guess I would be still
Yeah that was until…
I met God’s Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves