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DISAPPOINTMENT

In his book "A Delicate Fade", Ben DeVries writes, "disappointment feels just like the first time every time, like getting used to emptiness but never being without the feeling of hurt. and before the new thing leaves, to try to make room for itself it makes the hole a little bigger until I don't think I could feel any more, until the next time. and then it's gone."

—"A Delicate Fade", p. 14-15. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

Philippians 1:12-14 (HCSB) "Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in the advancement of the gospel, [13] so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is for Christ. [14] Most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my imprisonment and dare even more to speak the message fearlessly."

DISAPPOINTMENT

Kateri and Jay Schwandt gave their newborn son an unusual middle name “Sheboygan,” which is a compound name meaning “she is a boy again.” Finley Sheboygan Schwandt is the couple’s fourteenth son. They have no daughters. —Jim L. Wilson

Sometimes, laughter is the best medicine for disappointment.

Psalm 126:2 (CSB)

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,

and our tongues with shouts of joy.

Then they said among the nations,

“The Lord has done great things for them.”