Quotes from Lysa TerKeurst

This journey will require you to make some tough sacrifices, but I've come to look at this process as embracing healthy choices rather than denying myself.

Don't we all long to see God at work? His activity around us, in us, and through us is the greatest adventure there is. The God of the universe wants to use you!

Memories are both our greatest treasures and our greatest sorrows.

He's into the slower rhythms of life, like abiding, delighting, and dwelling—all words that require us to trust Him with our place and our pace.

a pattern of wise choices in the ordinary paves the road to a demonstration of wisdom in the extraordinary.

The devil is viscous, but he's not victorious!

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

God can't be reduced to a checklist.

It's Good to Ask the "What" Questions but Less Helpful to Ask "Why

No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet. That's when the desire to connect becomes an unrealistic need. Unrealistic neediness is actually greediness in disguise. It's saying, "My needs and desires deserve to tap into or possibly even deplete yours." This will never set a relationship up for success.

Don't let today's reaction become tomorrow's regret.

Her gifts are not a threat to yours, in fact, because we are all on the same team, her gifts and joys are a win for you.