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Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

Philip Yancey
Easter, Pain, Christ On The Cross
Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.111, Harper Collins

A faithful person sees life from the perspective of trust, not fear. Bedrock faith allows me to believe that, despite the chaos of the present moment, God does reign; that regardless of how worthless I may feel, I truly matter to a God of love; that no pain lasts forever and no evil triumphs in the end. Faith sees even the darkest deed of all history, the death of God's Son, as a necessary prelude to the brightest.

Philip Yancey
Faith, Pain, Believe
Philip Yancey (2009). “Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide”, p.28, Zondervan

The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.

Philip Yancey
Pain, Grace, Scandal
Philip Yancey (1997). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.61, Harper Collins

Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.

Philip Yancey
Forgiveness, Pain, Animal

The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab of pain and every sorrow.

Philip Yancey
Hurt, Pain, Sorrow
Philip Yancey (2009). “Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?”, p.149, Zondervan

To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God crying out to human beings, "I LOVE YOU." Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

Philip Yancey
Lonely, Pain, Love You

Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else.

Philip Yancey
Pain, Thinking, Vision
Philip Yancey (1988). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.264, Harper Collins

The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure.

Philip Yancey
Pain, Caring, Endure
Philip Yancey (2013). “The Question that Never Goes Away: What is God up to in a world of such tragedy and pain?”, p.41, Hachette UK

The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.

Philip Yancey
Pain, People, Evil
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