I once heard a story pertaining to a husband and wife. The wife had made a beautiful dinner and waited for her husband to come home, an hour passed, two… He finally came in from work, the dinner was cold and she was upset. What husband wants to come home to an upset wife? That just makes him wish he stayed at work longer. Her expectations for her husband were that he was to be home at a certain time, and when that expectation was not fulfilled she became angry. However, if she had removed all expectations the scenario would go something like this: she makes dinner, he’s late, an hour, two…but he comes home! The wife is excited because she wasn’t expecting him to come home AT ALL. haha Plus, the husband is now coming home to a happy wife, which makes him want to be home more instead of less.
Because the wife set expectations on her husband it extremely constrained their relationship. How many times do we set up expectations for friends, parents, siblings, and the government officials that they don’t fulfill? Our expectations should not be our own. Give them to God and set them on an altar for Him to fulfill. “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15 NKJV).
Don't let expectations limit your relationships and your attitude.
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit." Proverbs 15:13
"But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful." Psalm 68:3
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