Disappointment

Oh, man. I'm not going into detail as to preserve my anonymity here, but suffice it to say that the person to whom we had offered a new staff position - a position which has caused some heartache in the congregation, over which we have suffered some conflict, and which has been damn near seven years in the making - turned us down. And not only that, but turned us down after we flew said person out here and said person gave us a verbal "yes" to the job.

Sometimes this work is bitterly disappointing.

I wish I had something more theological to say. Lament psalm, anyone?