Disappointments!

How many of us are able to live to the expectations that we have in our lives? How many a times have we fall short of our target? Felt disappointed at yourself?

There is a great deal of disappointment in this life, and everyone has experienced it. Children are disappointed when they do not receive something they want very much. Young people know disappointment when they are shunned and left out by their friends. Businessmen struggling to be successful are often disappointed. Parents are disappointed by their children. Some are disappointed in love. We all face disappointments with other people.

I was talking to Sally on MSN today and I asked her about water-baptism and God. She made 1 comment that struck me.

S<-A<-L<-L<-Y<- I'm 00KinG t0wArDs tHiS cHrIsTmAs... CoZ' i' bE wAtEr BaPtIsEd... says: but when there's times we are so lost.. and do not know what to pray??What do you do?

I told her, I will ask God for guidance because God has a PERFECT plan for each one of us. And if we fall short of our target, maybe, it is a lesson that God is trying to teach us?When I checked my results today, I am very disappointed as I failed to live up to my expectation(s). Many of you have placed such high hopes on me. I recall reading those messages that my friends left for me before I left for Adelaide. One said," Do your best!!" I have disappointed all of you!!!I really have!!I don't know how to tell my parents my results.

Looking at these things the poet Dryden wrote:
"When I consider life, tis all a cheat.
Yet, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.
Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay.
Tomorrow's falser than the former day."

As melancholy as they are, these words aptly describe much of our existence. Everything human is stained with disappointment. We are often disappointed in life, and yet we can be assured that there is no disappointment with God.