The Blessing You Don’t See Coming

There are hidden blessings in every struggle - Unknown

Have you ever wanted something so badly? You pray day and night for it. It’s all you think about. If God could just give you this one thing everything would be all right. But then the moment comes when the answer we hope for should arrive and you are disappointed. Just like that it’s gone. That opportunity. That dream. That moment you prayed for. You ask the why questions. The how questions. You put on a brave smile during the day, but you cry your eyes out to sleep at night. If only you had that dream. If only things had happened the way you had asked for. Now it all looks like a mess. You feel hopeless and lost. You wonder if this is just what you are meant to be, or have, or get. 

Disappointment is a really tough emotion to deal with. It’s sadness with a side of pain. Trying to get over being disappointed is no easy feat at all. You try accepting it. You try remaining positive and hope that maybe one day things will change. You try to go numb and not think about it at all. What remedy could possibly give you relief for disappointment? God has an answer to that. Hope. Hope with a side of faith. You were looking for something so badly, but sometimes we forget that we are not going according to our terms. We are going according to God’s. We don’t see the whole picture, but He does. So, if we pray for something and it doesn’t happen. Hold on to that hope that it’s not over yet. Even though the rain has stopped, keep hoping that there is a rainbow still coming somehow, someway. Faith is that side that says you are trusting in God to come through.

Even though it looks impossible, faith says I know my God is a God of the impossible.

I may not understand what is happening now, but I know He is coming through. When I became a widow, I needed a change. I looked for a new apartment high and low and found one that was perfect for me and my girls but within that year the rent went up by over $1000. There was no way I could afford that. I couldn’t understand what was happening. We were in love with this place and had barely had a chance to stay in it for one full year. What I didn’t realize was that God was trying to set me up for a bigger blessing. I was disappointed and after praying, I heard a song about not letting go until I get my blessing. At first, I thought it meant just hold on to God until He gives you what you want. But after listening a bunch of times I realized what it really meant was holding on to God with Hope and Faith believing that He is going to bless you.

So, I decided I was going to hold on to my blessing. I was disappointed but the God I knew wasn’t out here to hurt me but to help me. Within a month I found a home to buy with a mortgage that was cheaper than my rent and had a much bigger space. That disappointment was actually a blessing in disguise. The blessing you don’t see coming. If you are going through a disappointment right now, hold on to your blessing and don’t let go. It might be coming in a way you don’t realize.