{"id":2636,"date":"2013-11-25T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2013-11-25T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:54:36","slug":"dealing-with-disappointment-a-personal-testimony-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Disappointment \u2013 a personal testimony! (Part 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I apologize for the delay in the posting of the final posts on this important matter, but here we are now.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Once again (with reference to the previous post &#8211; Part 6): <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DO NOT<\/span> park on the negative issues ;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Or return<\/span> to them, <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Because then you could fall into a vicious circle of going through the negative emotions continually. \u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>And it will destroy you!<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second circle of events (which created the trauma and disappointment) leads you to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">third circle<\/span>, which I have termed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Job syndrome (or Satan\u2019s territory).<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?attachment_id=2614\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2614\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?attachment_id=2614\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The X factor 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2614 aligncenter\" alt=\"The X factor 4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-X-factor-4.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the immense pain and disappointment, you could easily slip into the next phase of emotions, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Withdrawal;<\/li>\n<li>Self-pity;<\/li>\n<li>Fear;<\/li>\n<li>Distrust;<\/li>\n<li>Backsliding;<\/li>\n<li>Covering up your pain with false joy;<\/li>\n<li>Losing faith<\/li>\n<li>Depression;<\/li>\n<li>Bitterness;<\/li>\n<li>Hatred;<\/li>\n<li>Suicidal \u2013 that is exactly where Satan wants you to be! Even if you only regret the day you were born, you are now on dangerous territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do yourself a favor and read through the Book of Job.\u00a0 See and experience the pain and despair that he went through, but in the end it was his own attitude and self-pity that has prolonged the process that God wanted to achieve in his life.\u00a0 Even his own friends told him that it was easy for him to provide guidance and advice to other people in the city due to his wisdom, but now that he was in his own pain and predicament, he could not listen to anybody else or to apply what he taught other people.<\/p>\n<p>We all know the phrase: <b><i>\u201cPractice what you preach\u201d!<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 And YES \u2013 it is the most difficult thing to apply in our own lives.<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Especially<\/span><\/b> for pastors and other lay-preachers who are busy with counseling and deliverance.\u00a0 Most of the time the pastors do not have a friendly ear to speak to or to receive counseling and advice from, because who can you trust out there? \u00a0First of all, you dare not speak to anybody in the congregation about your problem or pain, because it will run through the congregation like a wild fire.\u00a0 Other pastors will think less of you, even while they are dealing with the same issues on hand.\u00a0 They would rather avoid you and refrain from contact than to be there as a friend who would listen and thereafter provide you with sound advice and support.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding any of the above, I have also learned some valuable lessons in this regard and one of them is that the Lord wants us to deal with specific issues in our lives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely on our own<\/span> \u2013 while He is always watching and guiding and protecting!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take the aspect of <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trust <\/span><\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in the Lord<\/span>.\u00a0 Everyone would say they have faith in the Lord Jesus \u2013 but do you also TRUST Him with everything in your life?\u00a0\u00a0And you cannot pray to receive Trust, or study about it.\u00a0 You have to earn it on your own and through your own experiences.\u00a0 This is a one-man show with God being the Director of the play.\u00a0 You receive the test through various trials and tribulations and you learn to trust the Lord <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purely because there is nothing and nobody else who can (or want to) help you<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0 This is when you learn to push your faith in front of reality \u2013 where the reality of things does not scare you anymore.\u00a0 Your faith and trust in the Lord needs to became greater than the fear that tries to overwhelm you.\u00a0 Also read Jeremiah 17:5 \u2013 10 and see the difference between the two scenarios.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Your faith and trust in the Lord needs to become greater <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">than the fear and reality of the situation <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">that tries to overwhelm you! <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In our situation, we had to trust the Lord completely to not loose our house and all other assets due to the untimely closure of my construction business.\u00a0\u00a0 At one stage we were already 30 months behind in payments and the only thing I could do with the summonses from the Bank, was to put in into my Bible at a specific verse and pray about it.\u00a0 I had to give my problem to the Lord and then trust Him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>completely<\/strong><\/span> to give me a favorable outcome.\u00a0 And I mean completely because there was no other plan, option or man who could help me.\u00a0 And the Lord prevailed as\u00a0we did not loose\u00a0our house or any other asset, for He is good and faithful.\u00a0\u00a0 He is worthy to be trusted because He is no man that could lie.<\/p>\n<p>You know, it is nothing short than\u00a0a miracle from God when He pushes the reality of a specific situation to the back when we allow faith and trust in\u00a0Him to reign in our lives.\u00a0 He specializes in the impossible and nothing is too hard for Him.\u00a0 If He could let the sun go back ten degrees upon the prayer of one man (2Ki 20:10), what will He not do for you?<\/p>\n<h5><em>The last delivery on this teaching will follow tomorrow.\u00a0 <\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2636'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2636);\" title='Like' ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>1 person likes this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2636);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2636);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I apologize for the delay in the posting of the final posts on this important matter, but here we are now. 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