Have you ever had an expectation about or from God that has not happened or been true? There are many ideas and stories we tell ourselves about God. Usually, these stories are not accurate or are short-sighted, but they drive our expectations of God. We feel disappointed and disillusioned with God based on these expectations. Like our doubts, God engages these stories and ideas with the love, truth and reality of his story revealed in Jesus. Friends, our stories and expectations find purpose and meaning only within God’s story expressed in and through Jesus,