April 10, 2025

We put on some instrumental worship and waited on the Lord.

One received a picture of a black and white TV with static – not good signal

Another received scripture:

Doesn’t wisdom call out?
Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?
² At the heights overlooking the road,
at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
³ Beside the gates leading into the city,
at the main entrance, she cries out:
⁴ “People, I call out to you;
my cry is to the children of Adam.
⁵ Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
⁶ Listen, for I speak of noble things,
and what my lips say is right.
⁷ For my mouth tells the truth,
and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
⁸ All the words from my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.
⁹ All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.
¹⁰ Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.
¹¹ For wisdom is better than jewels,
and nothing desirable can equal it.
¹² I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdness
and have knowledge and discretion.
¹³ To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.
¹⁴ I possess good advice and sound wisdom;
I have understanding and strength.

Another sensing a barrier that causes not being able to see or hear clearly in the form of hurt, anger, offense, pain, trauma.

Another a word and questions: ALIGNMENT – What are we feasting on? What are we drinking?

We prayed for wisdom and understanding for us and the people in our church family. Wisdom is discoverable but we must be willing to be instructed and accept the knowledge given to us. We prayed that anything in the way would be removed. In Jesus name.

One shared their experience with offense, “If I am not accepted, affirmed, welcomed, cherished, I am easily offended.” But another said, “I don’t think that you are offended at all. I think that because you give such a high standard of care that when others treat you any other way, you are disappointed.“

When pondering what disappointment does – “it dis-appoints you” as one said. It disconnects us from the appointment God has for us in loving the people around us. We get lost from the point of love.

My wondering:

Could disappointment be offensive to God?

The Hebrew verb “kachash” is the word for disappoint – it primarily conveys the act of lying or deceiving. It can also imply failing or disappointing someone, as well as denying or disowning a truth or person.

Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed;
But in the multitude of counsellors, they are established.

Proverbs 15:22

Some other connections:

The Root of “Disappointment” in Hebrew – Kachash

Something key: the Hebrew verb kachash (כָּחַשׁ) doesn’t just mean “disappoint” in the modern emotional sense—it has a much deeper and more serious tone. It primarily means:

• To lie or deceive
• To fail or disappoint
• To deny, disown, or suppress truth

This immediately elevates the concept of “disappointment” beyond mere sadness or unmet expectations—it ties it to betrayal, falsehood, and relational breakdown.

Whenever relationships are breaking God is offended. He created us for community. This requires us not to just react on the emotional cause for disappointment, which is most likely self-serving, self-centered, and self-focused. For instance, when we aren’t treated the way, we wanted to be or in this case as we have treated others. But to be biblically minded – disappointment results from a lack of wisdom, guidance, or collaboration. That’s interesting in light of kachash—because it connects “disappointment” not just with internal emotion, but with a failure of process or relationship:

• Without counsel → failure → disappointment (kachash).
• With counsel → purposes are established → success, alignment with truth.

This implies that disappointment can result from isolation, pride, or a refusal to seek wisdom—which again could be seen as offensive to God, who calls people into community, counsel, and submission to wisdom.

1. How are we self-isolating from others, walking in pride, and refusing to seek wisdom in our lives that cause a barrier or a static that keeps us from being able to hear and see clearly what God is doing right in front of us?

2. What barriers of hurt, offense, trauma – soul-wounds are acting like spiritual interference. They scramble the signal. So instead of clarity, there’s static. Instead of color and vividness, just grayscale and noise?

These barriers are not just feelings; they’re spiritual filters. They can warp how we perceive truth, wisdom, and people around us. This reveals not sin, but a soul wound— if it goes unhealed, it becomes a barrier to love and to truth. It creates a vulnerability to disappointment—which in Hebrew (kachash) is more than just sadness—it can turn into denial of truth, a distortion of reality.

3. If “Disappointment dis-appoints you. If it disconnects us from the appointment God has for us in loving the people around us.” Do we have any area where we have moved from trusting God → to trusting only experience. Disappointment, if not checked, can re-appoint us to a false mission: From loving people → to protecting self or from seeking wisdom → to indulging wounds?

Thanks for Listening,

Starla