Did St. Peter disappoint Jesus? I don't think so - I'm pretty sure St. Peter disappointed himself. After all, Jesus knew Peter was going to botch everything up and deny him. Peter was naively insistent that he would never do such a thing. Jesus does not have his hope in us, no, we have our hope in him - and he never disappoints.
Of course, this doesn't mean that our sins have no effect on the Lord. Just take a look at the crucifix. Ouch. The beautiful, amazing, incomprehensible thing is that Jesus is NOT disappointed that he hung on that cross. Rather, he aches and wishes that we would stop worrying about the fact that we can't do anything to get him down, and just let him love us.
He died so that we can get back up again every time we fall. If we place ourselves in his heart, well then, we don't have to worry about disappointing ourselves - because we won't put ourselves so dang high in the first place.
As my grandma says: Get off your high horse! And, just let him love you.
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