We are going to jump into our final message, the final message in our series that we've been

in 35 days of hope. We're learning to look up when we find ourselves in the middle of a pit.

And this week, we want to talk about the pit of disappointment, the pit of disappointment.

When you find yourself thrust into a pit where you just feel disappointed, and that is real,

by the way, what do you do? We're going to learn to look up. We are so glad, by the way,

if you are tuning in on television or watching this message on YouTube or archived after the

fact, listening on Spotify, Apple App, awesome to have you. Thank you for being with us on

the podcast. And of course, our church online family all around the world. We love you two pieces.

The title of my message this week is where disappointment grows best.

Where does disappointment grow best? By the end of the sermon, we will attempt to answer that

question. But disappointment is real. It's a real thing. And to be disappointed is to

have basically your predictions about the future proven wrong. That is ultimately disappointment.

It's you had this idea of what the future was going to be like. And as it turns out,

you're about as accurate as the weather app, which just seems to be almost sometimes a waste of time

to even look at. What's the day going to look like? If you want to know what it's not going to

be like, just listen to the weather news. But disappointment. And it could be a small thing.

Something like a home you were expecting to buy, looking forward to purchasing. And the last

second, someone snuck in a different offer or a better offer or just ultimately the offer

that was expected. And so now what you had your heart set on is not going to be the reality.

And you had almost already moved in in your mind. You could see where the furniture was going to

go. Maybe you already purchased the furniture. And so now you're disappointed. It could be something

like a proposal that you thought was going to be given to you. You really thought he liked you

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