If there is any high and low that is greater than any other, it is the high and low of relationships. You can experience the high of joy and the low of disappointment sometimes within minutes of each other. Pretty wild, huh?
Disappointments come into relationships because none of us are perfect. We have an idealized view of love, relationships, and marriage, and when reality doesn’t match up to this picture it leaves us disappointed.
Disappointments come into relationships because none of us are perfect. We have an idealized view of love, relationships, and marriage, and when reality doesn’t match up to this picture it leaves us disappointed.
The same is true when it comes to involvement in churches. There will never be a perfect church on earth because imperfect people are in it. The leadership makes mistakes because they are human. The congregation makes mistakes because they too are all human. The old joke is kind of true, if you find the perfect church, don't join it, you ruin it!
The reality is we will never have the perfect wedding or the perfect marriage or the perfect family because we are imperfect people. The idea that two imperfect people can come together and have a perfect relationship is unrealistic. We need to adjust our expectations.
One of the reasons we are often disappointed in our relationships is because we’re asking another human being to meet needs that only God can meet. Another human being can’t promise you that they will always be with you or that they won’t fail you. Only God can meet those promises. “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Joshua 1:5 NIV).
Someday there will be no more disappointment or pain. Until then, you and I can choose to keep loving.
1 Corinthians 13:7 says, “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance” (NLT).
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