I was thanking the Lord for who He is at all times, and this thought came. He is never disappointed in us. Why? He knows the thoughts of our hearts moment by moment. He never places expectations on us. Therefore He never has a broken expectation.

Unlike us, we get disappointed when the things we thought were going to happen didn’t. Do you have unfulfilled desires that have caused disappointment to lodge in your heart? A broken expectation causes emotional pain.

A broken expectation can crush our spirit. Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” Could this be a root of osteoporosis? Or perhaps bone on bone where the cartilage is dried up?

Proverbs 18:14 says, “The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?” This verse reminds me of Luke 4:18 in the Amplified. Jesus came to set the captives free. It says, “…to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed (who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity).”