Disappointed expectations

Finding Treasures in Trials...

Disappointed expectations confront us all. How we handle those
disappointments will have a powerful impact on the peace and stability of our

From "It Takes Two to Tango" by Gary and Norma Smalley copyright 1997

Dutch translation / Nederlandse vertaling > Teleurgestelde verwachtingen

Begin by carrying away small stones to remove a mountain

"The person who removes a mountain
begins by carrying away small stones."
- Chinese proverb

"Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.
"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask,
believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you."
Mark 11:23-24

God, my heavenly Father,
though I would like to move mountains
and set my expectations high in some cases,
let me be blessed with good things
and allow me to fulfil my duties as well as possible.

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Begin met het weg voeren van kleine stenen om een berg te verwijderen

Zugspitze von der Alpspitze aus gesehen. Links der Jubiläumsgrat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

+++
 

2013 update:

Related articles

• Turning Your Mountain Into A Plain, Pastor Boaz Olang
• The Hills are Alive!
• Power to Change
• That Mountain Had To Move.

Have a real happy day today!

Dutch version / Nederlands > Heb een echte gelukkige dag vandaag!

"Have a real happy day today!
Enjoy it because you got up this morning."
- Unknown

"But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble."
Psalm 59:16

God, in the morning I am to call you and you hear my voice, stand by me this day.
I keep hoping on you and put my expectations on to you.

Be willing to access joy in the face of adversity

"Be willing to access joy
in the face of adversity."
- C.W. Metcalf


"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love into our hearts."
Romans 5:3-5


Though our hope in Jesus Christ, through whom we have received reconciliation,
we rejoice already now. Even though many tests in our lives come over us,
let us be stronger than this and give that we ourselves still feel happy.
Let us stand and win life.
You have the victory wreath of life promised. We hope for it.
Lord, protect me in my expectations
and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Don’t disappoint me.

Dutch / Nederlandse versie > Bereid zijn toegang te krijgen tot vreugde in het aangezicht van tegenspoed

Related articles

• His Tender Mercies #768
• Jesus is Lord
• 05/10/2016 Scripture
• Monday, 23 May 2016 : 8th Week of Ordinary Time (First Reading)
• Daily Mass: The Natural Consequences of Good & Evil. Catholic Inspiration
• Which is worse - works without faith, or faith without works?
• Salvation and Righteousness
• Doubting and going astray
• Not everyone in the churches of Christ are "ungodly"
• Dark Times and Dry Places