We often measure ourselves by what has already happened—what we wish we had done differently, or what we think should have gone better. Yet God continually calls us into the present moment, where His grace is active and His strength is available. Today is where God meets us, renews us, and invites us to move forward with Him.

Philippians 3:13–14 (KJV)Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

As we trust in our all powerful and all knowing God and wait on His timing we find strength in the truth that His will will be manifest at the right time.

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Dealing with disappointment starts with recognizing that God is in sovereign and is always working to provide the very best for us. Let’s choose to walk forward in believing, knowing that even our deepest sorrows can become the soil for God’s greatest works in our lives.

Romans 8:28 (KJV)

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.