Expectations and Disappointment. Intertwined intricately because they were created to be or because of human sin, irrelevant. Hurtful. The opposite is true. Apathy and Nonchalance, a recipe for happiness. Or perhaps a recipe for a life not wroth living. Without hope, without longing, direction-less. Empty. It's a no-win situation. There's no way out. Trapped. Cornered. Which shall I choose? Disappointment? Or Emptiness.
Jesus says he (only) provides hope. A hope that does not disappoint. Am I not allowed to have hope then? (otherwise) To long for human embrace, to anticipate exhilaration from earthly fun? It is simple. I am. We are. As much as disappointment is allowed to cause ruin. Such is the life we live, as long as sin is allowed to reign.
The opposite is true. A life without sin is a life without ruin, without disappointment. A way out.
Here I am hoping again.
That I might dare to, this I pray.
