As Stephen was being stoned, he cried out with a loud voice. Acts 7:60. It says, “…Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Stephen’s last words were of forgiveness.

When we are disappointed, it is often because someone said they would do something and didn’t. If we allow that disappointment to fester, it will cause bitterness, resentment, anger ~ sickness will form. I have seen this over and over in my years of counseling. They continue to carry the emotional pain. God’s way is to release it in the moment through forgiveness.

Have you ever been disappointed with yourself, because you didn’t measure up to your own expectations? That negative barrage of thoughts causes us to spiral down into an emotional dark hole. Depression is often rooted in disappointments. 

Beware. Don’t bury your disappointments. Release them. Use them to refocus on the Lord. They are literally your past that passed. Don’t carry them into your present. They will entangle you and weigh you down. Hebrews 12:1 says to lay them aside.