Hope in God

“With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses.”  Dissatisfaction is such an ugly thing.  Whenever we are dissatisfied, gray skies suddenly appear and the stormy rage of our anger and disappointment kicks in to high gear and the world comes to know and listen to just how dissatisfied we are.  Just think about the time someone encouraged you to go to that trendy, new restaurant that everyone brags about, however the food and service was mediocre or poor at best.  How about all the hype and building up that amazing performance or hit play?  All the planning, preparing, waiting, anticipating only to find out the day of you forgot to hit send to finalize the payment or your best friend conveniently forgot to purchase you a ticket.  Major heart burn and disappointment. No longer best friends.  We can apply it across our lives in general.  How many other times or circumstances have we experienced a letdown, a lie across the board, a building up of anticipation, only to experience a quick letdown, a bursting of our bubble?  Dissatisfaction is bitter to taste. Upsets our day and stomach as well.  Our patience wears thin quickly, our kindness runs dry very fast.  We become agitated at the disillusion, upset at the lack of control, unhappy with the lack of planning, unfavorable to the outcome and the decisions that were taken or made.  Our language is unpleasant, our demeanor uncalled for, our lack of charity noticed, and our yelling heard by all.  Dissatisfied, we complain to God, to anyone or to any stranger who will listen.  “Get me your manager.”  “What is your boss’s name?”  “Who is in charge here?  “I’m telling your mom and dad.”  When things suddenly change or shift, when we don’t get what we ordered or asked for, when the due date is missed, or they sent us in the wrong direction or to the wrong place, our dissatisfaction is heard by God and others and our genuine disappoint is felt and that is understandable.  You were so looking forward to that trip, concert, or grade.  You hoped so much for that job and hoped it would finally come through.  You worked so tirelessly on improving that relationship, invested so much social time, energy, and money only to be hurt, unappreciated, used, tossed to the side.  Major disappointments and heartaches.  The memory alone hurts. The thought still causes anger and unpleasantness, but God always nourishes, heals, and satisfies especially when we are hurting, disappointed and majorly dissatisfied.