Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12, NLT). Hope, expectations, and disappointment are intertwined. Hope can be Biblically defined as our expectations for the future. Having the wrong expectation or having our hope shattered leads to disappointment. The Apostle Paul writes about hope … And […]
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[Note: It’s debatable, but is the soon coming of the 1000th Interruption a sign of the end times?] Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you (Ephesians 4:32). We all bring expectations into our relationships. Our expectations are often developed from what happened or didn’t happen in previous
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 Early in my marriage, I commented to my wife that she didn’t clean the kitchen stove the way as my mother. The comment did not go over that well. My wife is a wonderful woman, clean, and industrious. But I