Handling human failure

A friend who apparently had been unfairly laid off from a Christian ministry where she worked wrote, “I know God is sovereign and sees it all, but that doesn’t mean you don’t feel the pain of loss.”

I have no doubt the friend who wrote will eventually see beyond the human failure and the lack of compassion of her employer who acted more like a shrewd businessman. Yet when you are disappointed by individuals whom you have respected and looked up to, you feel like you have sustained a sharp blow on the head, and you are confused and angry at the same time.

But the most important issue is not the person’s failure; it is how you handle the disappointment. What do you do? Draw back into your cave of disappointment? Lash out at the apparent failure? Or do you say, “Perhaps I’ve expected too much from [whoever treated you harshly]“? You can also count your blessings, thanking God that He knows your heart and understands.