Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

do. "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

The olive tree is such a beautiful reminder that this isn't how it's going to be forever. On the other side of the harsh wind is fruit. On the other side of the process of being broken and waiting is a useful heart free of bitterness. On the other side of being pressed and crushed is oil . . . the most valuable part of me set free to emerge.

In God's plan, you've got a part to play. If you know it and believe it, you'll live it.

When we seek God, we see God.

My ability to heal cannot depend on anyone's choices but my own.

Everything is permissible'—but not everything is beneficial" (1 Corinthians 10:23).

Maybe you've been entrusted with this. Not cursed with it.

Lord, give them enough hurts to keep them human and enough failures to keep their hands clenched tightly in Yours.

Hold fast to Jesus and remember: This breaking of you will be the making of you. A new you. A stronger you. Strengthened not with the pride of perfection but with the sweet grace of one who knows an intimate closeness with her Lord.

God isn't afraid of your sharp edges that may seem quite risky to others. He doesn't pull back. He pulls you close. His love and grace covers your exposed grief. And step-by-step leads you to a new place of victory. A sweet place your soul is so glad to be in though you never would have chosen the hard path on your own.

I have to trust that first comes the dust, and then comes the making of something even better with us. God isn't ever going to forsake you, but He will go to great lengths to remake you. What if disappointment is really the exact appointment your soul needs to radically encounter God?

Labels only stick if I let them.