"Dealing with Disappointment"

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Are those the only two options?? Everyone experiences disappointment at one time or another. But when people think GOD has disappointed them they are in danger of turning away from the only source of comfort, strength and hope that they and all of us need! Being disappointed has to do with your expectations. Too many today want to believe that God "owes" them an easy life, a life without any major trials or suffering, a life that brings daily joy and happiness (often by the world's definition)!! But this is not the life God has promised to His children as we live in this world. Those who treat God like a genie in a bottle, who exists to grant their every wish, will inevitably be disappointed. The truth is, God wants you to grow up, spiritually, into a mature, committed follower of His Son Jesus Christ, and then to use your life as a testimony to others that His grace is sufficient and that His promises are true. How do you deal with disappointment? Listen to God's instruction from His Word and discover that there is another option between being an optimist or a pessimist ... and it is right where God wants you to be!