Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

Bitterness isn't usually found most deeply in those whose hearts are hard but rather in those who are most tender. It's not that they are cold; it's that they've been made to feel unsafe.

Yes, Lord. I want Your patience to invade my desire to fly off the handle." "Yes, Lord. I want Your perspective to keep my emotions in check." "Yes, Lord. I want Your provision so things don't seem so overwhelming." "Yes, Lord. I want Your courage to do what I feel You calling me to do." "Yes, Lord. I want and need more of You in every moment.

People aren't thinking about us nearly as much as we might think they are.

I forgive this person for how their actions back then are still impacting me now. And whatever my feelings don't yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

The more we fill ourselves from His life-giving love, the less we will be dictated by the grabby-ness of the flesh.

At the core of who we are, we crave the acceptance that comes from being loved. To satisfy this longing we will either be graspers of God's love or grabbers for people's love.

Relationships often die not because of conversations that were had but rather conversations that were needed but never had.

Humility can't be bought at a bargain price. It's the long working of grace upon grace within the hurts of our hearts.

You can't fake yourself into being okay with what happened. But you can decide that the one who hurt you doesn't get to decide what you do with your memories. Your life can be a graceful combination of beautiful and painful.

Overstuffing ourselves with food or drinking until we get drunk or getting wrapped up in the affections of an adulterous relationship are all desperate attempts to silence the cries of a hungry soul.

I expect a perfection in me and a perfection in others that not even God Himself expects. If God is patient with the process, why can't I be?

But not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.