How Our Expectations Define, Break, and Shape Us.

Expectations, whether big or small, define our lives. To our dismay, our lives often don’t go according to our expectations. Time and time again, we wrestle with expectations that are placed on us and that we have of others, and we agonize over the delays, disappointments, and comparisons, even to the point of criticizing ourselves for struggling with our struggles. However, the gospel is good news because God understands that in our humanity we struggle with expectations. The process of faith can at times feel awful, but in our surrender to his sovereignty, we can take a deep breath knowing beauty and redemption await at the other end of his call, as they did from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.