It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

by Lysa TerKeurst

Without challenges and changes people tend to grow increasingly distant from God and resistant to His ways.

We must sip the suffering of today, so we don’t have to drown in the devastations of tomorrow.

When we ask for God’s strength, peace, courage, and the ability to overcome and to right the wrongs, God will pour us into circumstances He knows will infuse us with the very things we’ve asked Him to give us.

But when we see that God’s purpose is good, we can trust His process is good.

we’ll realize it doesn’t affect us as much as it would have last year. We are being changed. Our thoughts are being rearranged. And we will thank God He didn’t let us just stay the same.

Tears are the truest connection we have with others,

“She’ll be a learner and a lover of truth. She will crave certainty. But people are unpredictable, and circumstances will often cause her confusion. So, she’ll take her uncertainties and bury them in the rich soil of My Word.

‘The Lord helped me survive and He’ll help you too. I’ll hold your hand while you find your way to Him.’