Not The Savior They Expected

 

Expectations can be hard. We want something to happen, sometimes we even have reason to believe they will happen or will be a certain way. But it is not uncommon for our expectations to let us down, because things didn’t happen how or when we expected. We have a reasonable amount of certainty to expect a project to turn out a certain way and are rightly disappointed if it doesn’t. It is trickier when it comes to relationships, however, because there are added variables, how the other person will act, etc. We need to be careful what kind of expectations we put on others.

 

Give Your Expectations to God

What I’ve Learned In Marriage-19—Part of the reason why our hopes are disappointed, aside from placing them in the wrong thing, is because we have unrealistic expectations. I have seen many marriages where one spouse expects the other to fulfill every need they have.