The greatest disappointment in my (your) life.

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I feel myself very down today. I wanted to study at this one school... But it looks like I should forget about it this year.

What has been the 'greatest' disappointment in your life? How do you deal with disappointments in your life?
And -> maybe you have some advice on how to move on after a disappointing situation? Thanks in advice.

 

[1still_waters]

My disappointment ended up saving me thousands and thousands of dollars in the long run. But at the time it didn't make sense. Rest in the fact that if God wanted you there, He'd make a way. He's God. Make the most of what you have been handed. Down the road it will all make sense.

 

[MissCris]

I don't want to share my greatest disappointment...but how I move past disappointments usually involves some tears, some prayers, and some imagination. What I mean to say is, once I'm finished crying like a baby about it (I'm not calling anyone else a baby for being sad when they are disappointed, so's you know...just me), I'll talk to God about it, and then try and start coming up with other options; sometimes I can do something similar to what I had originally planned, or sometimes I end up going a whole new direction. I find I get over things faster when I put my efforts into a new plan, or project, or whatever

 

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My disappointment ended up saving me thousands and thousands of dollars in the long run. But at the time it didn't make sense. Rest in the fact that if God wanted you there, He'd make a way. He's God. Make the most of what you have been handed. Down the road it will all make sense.

I hope so-cause we were praying about it many times. Yes, that school is kinda expensive -> but it is not easy to catch my interest in something-but this was something I really wanted...Oh, well, I guess God knows better. I just hope that He has a really good plan -> cause right now I'm kinda confused and I have no idea what to do now.

 

[1still_waters]

I hope so-cause we were praying about it many times. Yes, that school is kinda expensive -> but it is not easy to catch my interest in something-but this was something I really wanted...Oh, well, I guess God knows better. I just hope that He has a really good plan -> cause right now I'm kinda confused and I have no idea what to do now.

Sounds like we have similar experiences. God has a way of correcting things if our zeal leads us in a wrong direction.

 

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I find I get over things faster when I put my efforts into a new plan, or project, or whatever

Sounds good. Thanks. I will try to think what can I do about it.

 

[Theygaveutheirworst]

You'll never understand the long-term damage that was done to me after I found out the truth about Santa....

Anywhooo, on a more serious note, I try not to let disappointments make me bitter and hateful towards others. Disappointing moments will happen to EVERYONE! How we handle them tells people a whole lot about us.

 

[Powemm]

I seem to get more Motivated and determined with disappointment .. I dont like waisting time on the problem but instead ask God for His help finding the solution to it

 

[rachelsedge]

The greatest disappointment of my life thus far is a long-ish story, but in a nutshell, I got fired from a ministry last summer because the president of the ministry...well it's a long story. One of the reasons was because I saw some issues with some things, and as a sister in Christ I went to her to talk with her about them. She took it as an attack, and I was fired a week later. When she fired me, she just ripped into me for 20 minutes about how horrible I am, basically. As a person. Not as a worker. Not a good thing to hear that from an older Christian woman I loved and respected, and not a good thing to happen to someone who already struggled with their value.

Like I said, though, that's the nutshell version. It's more the nutshell version of the nutshell verison, because it goes much deeper and more extended than that.

This was a ministry that I had been connected to, in heart and spirit, for 2 years. Even before those 2 years, other things had been happening in my life that was also connected to it.

I know it sounds so vague and confusing. The whole story would take way more than anyone would care to read. But, it was a huge disappointment. To have this 2+ year buildup to something that got pulled out from under me in an extremely painful way less than 4.5 months in.

It is still taking me time to heal. But...God definitely taught me (and is teaching me) things throughout it all, and I can already see some good from it.

Sometimes, years down the road, you can look back and say "Oooh, so that's what that was for." It's hard to think of that when you're going through it. Just keep your eyes on God and be willing to open your heart to what He may want to show you through the disappointments.

When Lazarus died, the people wondered why He hadn't come earlier; He just took His time. But, they had never seen a resurrection before. This was something new He wanted to show them, and He wouldn't have been able to had His timing been different. I read in a great study that the Lord does this with us sometimes: We go through things to learn new things about Him that we didn't know before and otherwise wouldn't have known.

ETA: My "nutshell post" turned out to be longer than I thought. Whoops.

 

[BrittanyJones]

I soooooooooooooo know how you feel. My life was suppose to take a completely different direction starting this summer that would have changed the rest of my life. Instead, I ended up in a drastic 180 situation and totally lost as to direction.

I feel down about it too, I know the truth of God's word that He works all things together for the good of those who follow him - Jeremiah 29, but it's hard to see through the thick fog that surrounds us.

Too many times I think my own ways are right, but when I look back on my life I can see the choices He made for me were better than my own. We just need to trust that He will continue to do the same!

 

[djness]

I had put something else but it was entirely to depressing.
So lets see...something great but less depressing...
I found out at the age of 26 that I had actually been handicap with something progressive and incurable and didn't even know it.
So that was pretty disappointing.

But as a non believer friend of mine said to me once years ago not long after being diagonesed ""How do you know there isn't a reason?''

As stilly said, you never know anything till later after the fact, fortunately we have a God with excellent foresight.

 

[foreverChanged242]

I think the first step is accepting how you feel, expressing it to the Lord. Also figure out why it is so important for you to have gone to this school and see the hopes and dreams that come with this goal. After you pray and express to the Lord your disappointment decide to put it in the hands of the Almighty Lord who has better plans for you then you have for you. Hope it helps. God bless you, sister.

 

[TheAristocat]

I feel myself very down today. I wanted to study at this one school... But it looks like I should forget about it this year.

What has been the 'greatest' disappointment in your life? How do you deal with disappointments in your life?
And -> maybe you have some advice on how to move on after a disappointing situation? Thanks in advice.

I hear ya. I dropped out of school for one year, too. Was in one of the worst states for job opportunities at one of the worst times in the man-cession where it was hard for a man to find a job. It was a difficult decision that cost me respect from others and made me feel like I was in limbo.

I ended up doing odd-jobs and working two days a week at a McDonald's. This was after 5 years of college. But I believe the job I got that year helped me get a better job the next year when I went back to school. What's more, that following school year I was awarded a scholarship that effectively doubled the pace of my progress. So I made up the lost time for the most part.

Just remember that you don't stop living from year to year. God can work with what you do in that time and turn your problems into opportunities.

 

[AsifinPassing]

I feel myself very down today. I wanted to study at this one school... But it looks like I should forget about it this year.

What has been the 'greatest' disappointment in your life? How do you deal with disappointments in your life?
And -> maybe you have some advice on how to move on after a disappointing situation? Thanks in advice.

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I'm very sorry to hear that, error, but I understand in a way that I can relate. The greatest dissappoint in my life...hmm...probably a toss up between failed relationships (romantic), and the break up of my band. That said, the way I deal with it is to grieve, but journey each step with God.

Let Him weep with you, and then let Him dry your tears. Go help out in a ministry, have some fun with your friends, sleep a GOOD night's rest, each a good meal or your favorite snack, go do something you really enjoy, check out nature for a bit, dance and be silly, have fun!...think and talk about it, but also let it go.

Bottom line, it's a process, but live in each moment of it, and move on. Let God dance you to the next minute, hour, day, and stage in life. Honestly, this is what I do, and though it may not be for everyone...I highly recommend giving it a try!

 

[seekingg]

God uses every thing good and bad to show us his Glory. When you go through trials it will make you better when you go through them. So don't try to get out of the trail or side step it... Go through it. amen

 

[Searching4Truth]

The greatest disappointment in life, is how low I view myself. It comes to the point of thinking about suicide, but never actually going through with it. I know I'm worth something, but it's kinda hard to tell when the people around you don't actually say or express how much you're worth to them. And it's really easy, from my point of view, to judge myself unworthy of anything because, I feel that I've taken too much out of life and from those around me.

I take it one day at a time and do my best to learn from each and every genuine experience.

 

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The greatest disappointment in life, is how low I view myself. It comes to the point of thinking about suicide, but never actually going through with it. I know I'm worth something, but it's kinda hard to tell when the people around you don't actually say or express how much you're worth to them. And it's really easy, from my point of view, to judge myself unworthy of anything because, I feel that I've taken too much out of life and from those around me.

I take it one day at a time and do my best to learn from each and every genuine experience.

I'm sorry to hear that you have a low self-esteem.

I was reading a story (fairy tale) to someone today. It was a story about a boy who lives in the world were people have wings. They live high in the mountains. So, everyone has wings-except him. And he feels sad and lonely bc of that. He can't go to school or other places (those places are up high and he has no wings). Anyway, his mother tells him that-yes- his life might be harder bc of this one reason. She says that he has to find a way to accept it and live with it. But-she also lets him to know-that he still is a very special boy and that they love him no matter what (even without wings). Anyway, what I want you to know is that God doesn't care about your 'wings' (do you have them or not). He loves you no matter what. All he cares about is your soul. And - we all feel not so good about ourselves from time to time. Even I do feel like that sometimes (and believe me I have reasons to feel like that). But God does not look at us the way we see ourselves. I will continue later-have to run now...

 

[yac11]

The greatest disappointment in life, is how low I view myself. It comes to the point of thinking about suicide, but never actually going through with it. I know I'm worth something, but it's kinda hard to tell when the people around you don't actually say or express how much you're worth to them. And it's really easy, from my point of view, to judge myself unworthy of anything because, I feel that I've taken too much out of life and from those around me.

I take it one day at a time and do my best to learn from each and every genuine experience.

I am happy you know you are worth something, because you are! We all are, we are children of the most High! Life is hard and you have known a hard life. Others who love us don't always express love in the same way we think we would if the shoe was on the other foot.

God is around us all even when we can't feel him. Don't even mention suicide please because your body is his temple. As long as your around you can bless others who you come into contact with. You can change someone else's life because of your own circumstances and you will be rewarded by God.

Stay on this site and keep sharing cause today you made me a better person and reminded me.....it's not about me, it's about us all.

God Bless you and your in my prayers.

 

[cyphercat]

My greatest disappointment in life is letting my first real girlfriend go. I made the mistake of thinking that I could be with other people and her at the same time. She put up with it for a little bit, but it wasn't long before someone else had caught her eye, and not long after that, completely stole her heart. She has turned into a beautiful woman, and serves as a constant reminder of all my mistakes in every relationship. I am not going to let the next one go.

 

[Jullianna]

The greatest disappointment of my life is that bacon and cake are both so high in calories.