Honestly, this snuck up on me. I didn’t expect to feel the profound disappointment that I am dealing with right now. This weekend was supposed to be High School graduation! It has been this weekend as long as we have lived in this community. Our firstborn graduated from High School this weekend 13 years ago, and on Saturday, Mason was supposed to complete chapter as our 5th (and last) child to graduate Memorial day weekend. But, that didn’t happen because of COVID, and that has made me extremely sad this morning.
We should have been celebrating Mason’s milestone with a big family party. We have all missed events during this time. Plans have been altered, changed, canceled, delayed, etc. We have all understood that fact, not liked it, but understood and moved on. Intellectually, I am coping fine most days, but how do we get back on track when the disappointment overwhelms us?
19 May the Lord be praised!
Day after day He bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.
Steps to getting back on track:
- Take time to process your disappointment
- Cry out to The Lord
- Write a list of things that you have to be grateful for around the disappointment
We can all make a list of the things we should have been able to do over the past almost three months and haven’t been able to. And maybe we should make that list. But, we should also make a list of all of the things we have been able to do that we wouldn’t have done, if not for COVID. I suspect that list would be long, and there would be many things on it that we are grateful for.
Dear Lord, we know you can handle our disappointments and the emotions that surface and we are grateful that we have a God that hears us and takes care of us. Lord, let us find something to be grateful for everyday. In Jesus name, Amen.
The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. (2009). (Ps 68:19). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
From the computer screen spoken straight to my heart. With Jesus in the middle of the disappointments, the list of joys far outweighs the list of sads. Perfectly written.
Thank you. Yes, the list is greater.