THE BOOK OF JOB points out at least one trouble that we bring upon ourselves. That trouble occurs when we think, either because of some imagined worthiness in mankind, our cleverness and self-sufficiency, or even from our being saved by grace, that we should be immune from natural calamity or purposeful wickedness in the present…
Tag: Disappointment
The Deepest of Disappointments
WHAT IF SOMEONE or something you love so deeply turns out to be something different? Turns out to disappoint you, deceive you. How do you feel after you have worked so hard, given up so much, and built your whole life around him, her, or it, then that person or thing changes—or worse, abandons you?…