Are you at odds with how your life is going? If you are feeling more disappointment than energy for life, you could benefit from pausing to examine your direction. It is one thing to face negative circumstances, but when those circumstances cause you to doubt who you are and who God is, your life can quickly accelerate into despair.

You can make peace with your life even when you are experiencing frequent discouragement. Disappointment shows up in many ways: the loss of a loved one or a job, the inability to get on the same page with your spouse, consistent setbacks despite your best efforts, or a painful lack of connection with others.

All of these can impact your sense of identity. Loss, stress, and rejection are serious enough to cause anyone to enter into self-doubt. When you start doubting your identity, you open yourself up to all kinds of trouble.