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

by Lysa TerKeurst

If we weren’t ever shattered we’d never know the glorious touch of the Potter making something glorious out of dust, out of us.

God isn’t ever going to forsake you, but He will go to great lengths to remake you.

God loves me too much to answer my prayers at any other time than the right time and in any other way than the right way.

Who told you that you are anything less than a most glorious creation of the Almighty God?

We must let God’s Word become the words we park our minds and hearts on.

I expect a perfection in me and a perfection in others that not even God Himself expects.

I must walk through God’s process before I see His fulfilled promise.

The world is filled with people who are dealt more than they can handle. And, surprisingly, the Bible is also filled with people who were given more than they could handle.

Weak moments make us even more aware of our need to press in to faith.

“Will this make me more like Christ or less like Him?”

Comfort isn’t a solution to seek; rather, it’s a by-product we’ll reap when we stay close to the Lord.

when you make one other human simply see they aren’t alone, you make the world a better place.