Disappointment (Psalm 73)
There are different kinds of disappointment in life. Sometimes the causes of disappointment are temporary and often are forgotten with the passing of time. We might not have got the job we thought we wanted, but twenty years later we cannot recall what the work was about. At other times, the causes are lifelong such as the consequences of an illness. Maybe the source of the cause is in ourselves or maybe it was or is caused by someone else. Sometimes, the cause of disappointment is shallow and not worth speaking about whereas at other times the cause is so deep that it affects us for the rest of our lives. Who is the most disappointed person in the Bible? Imagine Adam, in his 950th year, counting his numerous descendants. Which of them had not, in some way, been a disappointment to him? After all, his oldest son had been away from the family for most of that time. And Adam’s second son had been murdered by his older brother. Adam also knew that all the future desce...