Great Expectations vs. Great Faithfulness
As I was praying earlier this week, God led me to reflect on the difference between great expectations and great faithfulness. More specifically, God led me to pray about the discrepancies between my expectations and His, between my faithfulness and His. I set high expectations for myself and, in general, I am faithful to the commitments that I make. Yet, I have been reminded many times, in many ways, by many people, that I should not measure my expectations by my own thoughts and feelings. I should let God's expectations be the measure of the commitments I make and the actions I take. God is always faithful to helping His people meet His expectations. He knows that we are weak and frail, and that we expect a lot from ourselves. During these last weeks of Lent (and beyond), it is good for us to spend time pondering what God expects of us, and reminding ourselves that He is far more faithful than we are. Let's transform our expectations and our ...