Think On It!
Be Encouraged In Christ Jesus!
Discouragement comes into your heart much like a long night that ushers in a dense morning fog. When the fog settles in to the mountain valley, it is going to be around for a while and there is not much you can do to change it. It will stay until the Sun (Son) comes up strong enough to burn it off and His encouragement shines, glowing His glory brightly through!
What Triggers Discouragement In Me?
- Shattered Expectations In Human Beings
- Someone loving me conditionally
- Mistakes of others that slam me with bad consequences
- Disillusionment in family members
- Nothing working out the way I planned it
- Dead Ended Dreams
- Sudden U-Turns In My Life Path
- Friendship Betrayal
- Not getting what I hoped for and not understanding why
- My process worked out, not yielding expected results
- Wounded By A Wounded Person
- Not finishing what I start
- Failing while others succeed
- Not measuring up to others expectations
- Dashed hopes by greedy people
- Other peoples assumptions
- Unanticipated Personal Attack
- Lack of self control
- Disobedience By Me/Others
- Bad Choices By People I Love
- Failed Plans
- Trying To Help Only To Make Things Worse
- High Expectations Not Fulfilled In The Slightest Way
- Guilt/Shame
We Must Accept Finite Disappointment, But We Must Never Lose, Infinite Hope.
Martin Luther King