Hey Friend! 

If we aren’t dealing with disappointment and discouragement today, someone we know and love is. 

So, lean in, because I’m going to give you three ways to protect your heart when disappointment and discouragement come calling. And, if you are smack dab in the middle of disappointment and discouragement, DO NOT MISS the last few minutes of this episode. They will be just what you needed. I promise.  

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Favorite Quotes:

• “The gap between my desire and my reality is disappointment.”
• “Disappointment + Time = Discouragement -     Discouragement + Time = Disillusionment
• “God designed our bodies to allow the negative emotions we feel on the inside to be expressed on the outside. God gave us tears so we could cry it out, a voice so we could talk it out, and hands so we could write it out.”
• “Unexamined expectations are likely to be unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations are rarely fulfilled, leaving us feeling disappointed.”
• “Jesus can sympathize with us. He was wounded, broken, rejected, too.”

3 Ways to Deal with Disappointment:

1. Acknowledge Loss>

“God designed our bodies to allow the negative emotions we feel on the inside to be expressed on the outside. God gave us tears so we could cry it out, a voice so we could talk it out, and hands so we could write it out.”

2. Examine Expectations

“Unexamined expectations are likely to be unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations are rarely fulfilled, leaving us feeling disappointed.”

3. Cling to Christ:

“Jesus can sympathize with us. He was wounded, broken, rejected, too.

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