While flicking through one of my quiet time journals, I found this prayer: "Don't let disappointment keep me from You" . I do not know what caused me to write it, but I began to reflect on the effect of disappointment. How can disappointment create a barrier between us and God, and can we avoid it? Expectation vs Reality Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life - Proverbs 13:12 ESV Psychologists describe disappointment as the gap between o

There is a particular injury that I have experienced multiple times. During the most recent occurrence, I reflected on the way those closest to me sometimes do not realise how much pain and discomfort I am in at these times because of the way I handle it. I do not soldier through it in silent suffering, but I can handle it better emotionally than I used to because experience has taught me it will pass and what to do physically to speed up the healing process. At the first sig

We do not know whether Jabez had to persevere in prayer to receive his breakthrough. I do know that his prayer is the kind you may not know has been granted right away - not if you are looking for physical evidence. I do not think his territory immediately expanded, or material blessings miraculously appeared before him the moment he finished his prayer. No, his name was still Jabez, so he would have had to stand firm on God's irrevocable blessing every single time he heard h