It is not uncommon to feel that God has let them down or is being unfair. Often people feel God is punishing them and that they must be somehow unworthy of His caring. This phase is brief but important. We tell ourselves if this problem somehow goes away I will be a better person or I will do such and such to make up for all my lapses in the past. We feel depressed as we anticipate various kinds of changes in our living situations or even the loss of our own lives if we are suffering from a serious illness.
Depression is a sense of sadness or a loss of hope.
We may not like our experience of loss but we can make peace with ourselves and move on with our lives. Bitterness, self-pity and hopelessness are gone. Forgiveness it offered to person who may have injured them in the past. Persons in this stage can learn from their experiences and set new priorities and goals. Also, they experience an unconditional acceptance of themselves, their situation and of others.