Being let down hurts. It can leave us feeling isolated to the core.
I’m not talking here about the kind of being let down that comes from gross moral failure, or malicious betrayal. I mean the kind of being let down that happens when people just don’t show up to help. The kind of being let down that stems from people staying silent in a debate; deciding not to give; forgetting to pray for an important life event or choosing not to jump to our defence (or our cause) in a social media storm.
It’s not that people are actively against us, they’re just not with us – they choose to stand silently by when we had hoped or heard they were going to offer support.
