Faith and Disappointment

In life we face losses, disappointments, and grief. How do we have faith when God doesn’t answer our prayers how we had hoped? What does it look like to trust God in the midst of disappointment? In John chapter 11, Jesus receives word that his friend Lazarus is very sick. When he arrives, he finds that Lazarus has already died. The story ends with one of Jesus’ most incredible miracles recorded in Scripture. But before the dramatic conclusion, this story has much to teach us about faith in God in the midst of disappointment by naming our disappointments, practicing lament, understanding Jesus’ empathy, and clinging to God’s truth.