Let’s be honest. We’re frequently disappointed. With family, friends, leaders, work, ourselves, church – sometimes, dare we say it, even with God.
‘You carry the tears inside, ‘ is the author’s description.
Disappointment can be devastating. It can be sudden. And it’s certainly universal.
But what if we were to use disappointment as an opportunity to check whether our motivation and priorities were in line with God’s will? Could it provide a chance to grow?
‘The author brings the wisdom of a skilled pastor and Bible teacher to this illuminating book.’ Ian and Ruth Coffey
‘Demonstrates that disappointments are designed by our loving and all-sovereign God to draw us into deeper intimacy with him.’ Sharon James
‘A book that was lived out before it was written.’ Peter Lewis
‘Every disappointment becomes an opportunity to grow deeply in God.’ Charles Price
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Preface: Carrying the tears inside – autobiographical – miscarriage story
1 Living outside the garden – early chapters of Genesis
2 Disappointed with life – dealing with negative thoughts
3 Seeing God’s hand in all things – regaining focus
4 Disappointed with relationships, eg parents in pain
5 Loving difficult people – seeing church as a family; knowing that we are loved
6 Disappointed with church – good and bad anger; when leaders let us down
7 Loving what God loves – offering forgiveness
8 Disappointed with ourselves – failure; David and Bathsheba
9 Walking in forgiveness and grace
10 Disappointed with God – is doubt wrong?
11 Knowing God better – in the shadow of the cross; following Jesus
12 The power of hope – how this should shape us now
Over de auteur
Paul Mallard is Pastor of Widcombe Baptist Church in Bath, UK. He speaks at numerous Christian events and has trained a generation of church workers. His wife Edrie’s story is toldmovingly in Invest Your Suffering:Unexpected Intimacy with a Loving God (IVP, 2013). Paul and Edrie are parents and grandparents.
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