Disappointments

Disappointment is never easy to handle.  Lately, I've been working with all the girls on it, especially Princess.  So it was a humbling experience when I failed to handle it well the other day.  Lets just say I let myself have one of those "conversations" in my head that made me act out of line with what was really going on.  I prayed and asked for help from the Lord but then promptly failed and lashed out in anger.  Needless to say, it didn't help anything, I was grumpy all day and it only made me look uncaring and ungrateful.  I finally appologized for my rude, selfish behavior and things went a better after that.  Now did I have a right to be disappointed? Yep! Did I have a right to lash out, throw a fit and hurt others because of it? Nope!  I failed and now have a bit of recent perspective to help the girls deal with their future disappointments.  I definately needed to get into the Word and not just quickly pray to try to handle it.  I am so stubborn, but I pray I have learned a strong lesson on this.  God has the power, I don't!  May I learn to quickly plug into it when I am struggling and teach my children to do the same!  God Bless!