Instead of despairing of them, he made them a new promise: (religion-online.org)
This means we must not despair over despairing about our sins, nor must we abandon faith and instead substitute indifference. (religion-online.org)
Theism deals with «wishful thinking», «make - believe», fantasy, magic — hopes of despairing men famously hallucinating in the desert who then «see» exactly what they want to see. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)