Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

by Lysa TerKeurst

But the one thing I don’t do is go back to pretending and living in denial. I’ve accepted this grief. I’ve had the marked moment of accepting what is and what is not. And it’s from this place of acceptance that I will move forward into healing.

You aren’t that same unsure and vulnerable girl today that you were ten years ago. You’ve allowed what you’ve faced to strengthen you instead of weakening you. You are wiser. You are more discerning. You are more assured of how to stay close to God. So, you’ll go with God more readily and see His goodness ahead more quickly. Start having your funerals, marked moments of closure, and you’ll see. This one will better prepare you for the next one. And that one for the one after that.”

The worst part of dysfunction in relationships is the feeling of hopelessness and powerlessness that too many of us have been swirling in for years.

The most honorable thing to do was to trust God to be the Rescuer, to be brave enough to turn every part of this over to Him and let the next chapters of my story unfold.

The greatest joy in life isn’t when it all works out like we hoped it would. It’s when we experience the God of the universe pausing to reach us and remind us we aren’t alone. What hurts us will not be our full story. And this broken world isn’t our final destination. With God, there’s so much more.