Philip Yancey Quotes about Disappointment

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The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.

The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.

Philip Yancey

Disappointment, Keys, Doe

Philip Yancey (2009). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.202, Harper Collins

The bible never belittles disappointment, but it does add one key word: temporary - What we feel now, we will not always feel. Our disappointment is itself a sign, and aching, a hunger for something better. And faith is, in the end, a kind of homesickness - for a home we have never visited but have never once stopped longing for.

Philip Yancey

Faith, Religious, Disappointment

Philip Yancey (2009). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.202, Harper Collins

We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God with the physical reality of life- by expecting constant good health for example- then I set myself up for crashing disappointment.

Philip Yancey

Disappointment, Reality, Thinking

Philip Yancey (2009). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.149, Harper Collins