Wednesday Prayer: Disappointed Again

Lord, I'm disappointed again. Someone I trusted let me down, someone I counted on wasn't there, someone I believed in proved fallible. I feel hurt, betrayed, wondering if I can trust anyone. I wanted them to be who I needed, and they weren't capable of being that.

Forgive me for expecting from humans what only you can give. For demanding perfection from broken people, consistency from flawed humans, divine attributes from limited creatures. I've been disappointed because I expected too much from the wrong source. Only you are perfectly faithful, always present, completely trustworthy.

Help me love people realistically - deeply but without unrealistic expectations, genuinely but with appropriate boundaries, hopefully while recognizing their limitations. Give me grace for their failures since I need so much grace for mine. Help me trust you completely while trusting people appropriately. You will never fail me. Others will. Teach me to find my security in the One who's perfectly faithful, so I can love imperfect people with open hands and a protected heart.