Every day it happens that somewhere in the world, and maybe close to home, something goes wrong. From time to time it happens to each of us – we make a mistake and it’s costly in some way, or someone else does something that makes things difficult for us, either accidentally or cruelly and deliberately. And it always seems so unfair, why me? - it wasn’t really our fault, we feel like giving up, we just can’t cope anymore, we’re fed up with everything. Often those around us feel our disappointment and unhappiness just as much as we do and there seems little they can say or do to help. So now our mood has brought them down too.
I recently heard about a young teenager, still at school, who wasn’t doing his homework as well as he could and sometimes didn’t do it anyway. On being challenged by his mother, who had been informed of his poor work at school by a teacher, he said it wasn’t worth bothering, he couldn’t do it, it was too hard and there was no point anyway as he wouldn’t do any good in his exams. It was all a waste of time. You will understand that his mother was distraught at hearing from the school and more so at her son’s reaction.
Is that how we react when life is not as kind as we would like it to be? NO! At first we may be hurt by what has happened, but then we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and start all over again. And very importantly we remember that God is on our side and we can trust Him to help us overcome any disappointment. He has a way of turning things round again just when we thought it was getting worse. Talk to Him and let Him know how you feel, then make the effort to put things right as best you can. God will never let you down.
Lord, thank you for being there with us when things don’t go exactly as we want them to, and we are struggling to cope with life as it happens around us. Give us the strength to start again and keep trying, remembering to trust in you, and follow the path you have set us on. Amen.
Jim Finch
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