Life's Bitterest Disappointments

LIFE'S BITTEREST DISAPPOINTMENTS ARE
GOD'S SWEETEST APPOINTMENTS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



OUT OF LIFE'S MISERY BORN OF MAN'S SINS A FULLER, RICHER LIFE BEGINS,
FOR WHEN WE ARE HELPLESS WITH NO PLACE TO GO AND OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY AND OUR SPIRITS ARE LOW,
IF WE PLACE OUR POOR, BROKEN LIVES ON GOD'S HANDS AND SURRENDER COMPLETELY TO HIS WILL AND DEMANDS, THE "DARKNESS LIFTS" AND THE "SUN SHINES THROUGH"
AND BY HIS TOUCH WE ARE "BORN ANEW"... SO PRAISE GOD FOR TROUBLE THAT
"CUTS LIKE A KNIFE"
AND DISAPPOINTMENTS THAT SHATTER YOUR LIFE, FOR WITH PATIENCE TO WAIT AND FAITH TO ENDURE YOUR LIFE WILL BE BLESSED AND YOUR FUTURE SECURE,
FOR GOD IS BUT TESTING YOUR FAITH AND YOUR LOVE BEFORE HE "APPOINTS YOU" TO RISE FAR ABOVE ALL THE SMALL THINGS THAT SO SORELY DISTRESS YOU, FOR GOD'S ONLY INTENTIONS IS TO STRENGTHEN AND BLESS YOU.





WHEREFORE LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THY WILL OF GOD COMMIT THE KEEPING OF THEIR SOULS TO HIM IN WELL DOING, AS UNTO A FAITHFUL CREATOR.



1 PETER 4:19





CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD,
AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.



PSALM 51:10
NKJV



THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS PURE. IT ENDURES FOREVER. THE DECISIONS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE. THEY ARE COMPLETELY FAIR.



PSALM 19:9
GOD'S WORD



YES, HE ALONE IS MY ROCK, MY RESCUER, DEFENSE AND FORTRESS.
WHY THEN SHOULD I BE TENSE WITH FEAR WHEN TROUBLES COME?



PSALM 62:2
TLB



HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOODNESS
THAT YOU HAVE STORED UP FOR THOSE WHO FEAR YOU, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO TRUST YOU.
YOU DO THIS FOR ALL TO SEE.



PSALM 31:19
NCV



TRULY THE EYE OF THE LORD IS ON
THOSE WHO FEAR HIM,
ON THOSE WHO HOPE IN HIS
STEADFAST LOVE.



PSALM 33:18
NRSV