25-178 Trusting Again After Disappointment

Disappointment is a silent thief. It doesn’t always show up loudly—but it lingers. It questions your prayers. It clouds your joy. It slowly erodes your confidence in God’s goodness. Maybe you didn’t get the healing, the breakthrough, the answer you begged God for. And now you're left wondering: Can I really trust Him again?

Our springboard for today’s discussion is:“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” — Lamentations 3:22–23 (ESV)

Jeremiah wrote these words while looking at a destroyed Jerusalem—smoke rising, hope scattered, grief pressing in from every side. And yet, even there, he said: God’s mercy is new. His love hasn’t stopped. His faithfulness remains.

That kind of trust doesn’t come from having all the answers—it comes from knowing the heart of God. You may not understand why something happened. But you can choose to believe who God still is.

Disappointment invites you to harden your heart. To play it safe. To believe, “If I don’t expect much, I won’t get hurt again.” But faith doesn’t grow behind walls—it grows in surrender. The same hands that held your loss can hold your future. The same God who didn’t answer the way you hoped still holds every moment of your life in His care.

To trust again doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It means choosing not to let disappointment define your relationship with God. It means choosing to open your heart again to the One who can heal it.

It’s okay to start small. A whispered prayer. A song sung through tears. A decision to say, “Lord, I still believe—help my unbelief.”

Question of the Day:Where in your life has disappointment made it hard to trust God—and what would it look like to give that place back to Him?

Mini Call to Action:Write down one area where hope has been hard. Then write this beneath it: “His mercies are new every morning.” Let that be your declaration today.

Let’s Pray:Lord, I bring You my disappointment—not to hide it, but to heal it. I want to trust You again. Teach me how. Show me Your faithfulness in a fresh way. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Let’s Get To Work!Disappointment is real—but it’s not your final chapter. God is still writing.

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