November 25, 2007
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Story
Based on a true story:
He sat at his work bench, holding his head in his hands. “How could she?” was the question going over and over in his mind. He replayed the scenario over and over. It didn’t go away. He had such plans and a happy live together with his girlfriend and now this. This THIS Doubts raced through his mind, wondering if he could ever find another; if he ever wanted another. No, she was the one for me. The conversation with her father also replayed. Her father seemed relieved when he told him he wouldn’t make it public. She was pregnant but not by him. They both stayed pure for each other. Now everything was in ruin. (To be continued)
What do you do with disappointment & your dreams are destroyed?
Comments (29)
Nothing ELSE to do but TURN TO THE LORD and to friends who will point me in His Direction.
man, just that question makes me cry.
was it Joseph?
I pray…
“What do you do with disappointment & your dreams are destroyed?”
I’d move on to the next dream with less chance of disappointment.
I agree with Jill, Is it Joseph and Mary.
My biggest disappointment was my marriage, and yes I cried and prayed, BUT mostly I leaned on strong Christian women God sent my way to hold me up when I couldn’t go on any further and until a time I could stand on my own two feet again. Like, “Footsteps in the Sand”. And now, now I wait for the new life God has planned for me to come along and sweep me away.
Get drunk, sober out and start over after I hunt down and kill everyone involved….. LOL just kidding
I withdraw and spend time alone with my Creator…. then I rebuild / restart again… sometimes it’s like a neverending story
It’s funny, now that I think about it… I’ve never really disappointed by anything in life, or had any of my dreams shattered… But that’s not say that I didn’t suffer in life, cos I did – in my teens. The sufferings were just me waiting for good things to happen, though. I wasn’t disappointed by God at all. And I’m glad to say that things are getting better for me as the years roll by. Praise God – my waiting is bearing fruit now
Also, my dreams were fulfilled, not shattered… I went to my choice of university and did my dream course, and then went to my dream country (Spain). I am blessed. All glory to God.
Cry a lot. Lean on Him. Ask lots of questions. Give up. Lean on Him.
I think alot of us forget…Just because WE think its the perfect dream, doesnt mean that god doesnt have bigger or better plans for us…
<3Ashley
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Your family picture is so nice.
take care and happy Sunday!
Mrs. N
very appropriate for me right now…I am learning to shift my perspective and perhaps my expectations.
I spend a lot of time talking to friends and family to centre myself and I take lots of long jobs until I figure out what I want, where I want to be, and how I’m going to do it. I try to see disappointment or failures as a stepping stone rather than a dead end.
**long jogs
i turn it over to the Lord and rest in His arms…in His arms is true contentment and joy, sweeter than that which comes from any dream….
my disappointment would be not finishing college before having my two girls but the good thing it not to late, i can alway go back. so there nothing big that i can’t change
ryc: i can turn things over to God fairly easily… only problem is i have a bad habit of trying to snatch them back!
RYC: LOL!! The sad thing, Is that my girls? yah, theyd probably just climb right over LOL!
<3Ashley
cry, then pray
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you pick yourself up by your bootstraps and you carry on.
this sounds suspiciously like the story of the birth of Christ. in answer to the question though, i gave up, gave up and never tried again.
hope you don’t mind i subscribed to your blog. i enjoy the humor, makes me laugh, as well it should. and to answer the question, i would sulk for a while, take a few deep breathes (or 10 or 20), and then move on cuz i know there will be better days ahead and with time and not loosing site of what is important to you, your dreams will be realized, in a different form perhaps.
Nothing to do but pray and move on.
Hello! Thanks for your comment! Is that your family??? Just curious because my three children are adopted and multi racial…
try to trust that God has everything under control and that if i am in his will, he will pick up the broken pieces and heal the hurt. it takes time, but it will eventually heal.
Being honest about this. First, I ponder the why’s and “how could this happen to me.” Sometimes, I even get a little upset. Through it all, I pray. At just the right moment, God gives me the peace I need to move on. Nothing comes as a shock to Him. In time, I realize that the turn of events that was such a disaster to me at the time ended up working for my benefit.
“Many are the plans in a mans heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21
Hey the story isn’t so bad ! It sounds like the birth of Christ.
This reminds me of a story a co-worker told me the other day. Her son had a child with a woman and then a few years later they had another and he decided to have a vasectomy after that. She later got pregnant with another man’s child. He stayed and raised all 3 children. He treated the 3rd as if she were his. She was, in all ways but biologically. The woman cheated again and he finally left her. He has custody of all 3 children.
When you are disappointed and your dreams are destroyed you mourn, pick up the pieces and heal over time. You must trust that God works in mysterious ways and he has his reasons, even when we don’t understand them at the time.
I turn to God for comfort healing and direction.
He is the only on who can HELP
when things don’t come out the way I thought they would.
Joseph and Mary had to trust God to get them through….
We need to have that same attitude.
Hope that you had a GREAT Start off this week.
Blessings,
Susie :0)