empty. Quotes

“Your pain is not the evidence of your weak faith, it’s an indication that your human. Pain is part of the process. It was true at the Cross, and it’s true in your life.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“We look for what our spirits need in a physical world that cannot supply it.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“We’re empty because we’re more concerned about “feeling” better than finding God. We struggle because the sinful nature within us tells us that God exists for us, not that we exist for Him.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“look at what this Living Water is and what it’s not. The truth is that Jesus, when promising Living Water, did not promise to give us comfort, pleasure, financial success, and never-ending bliss. The question arises, as Jesus talks about this Living Water, that if he’s not promising to drown out the pain, He’s promising something entirely different with this Water.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“We all have a story. Our emptiness could write its own book. But in the depths of our pain, we find an underlying truth: It’s only when we face the horrific reality of our thirst for which no one and nothing can ever satisfy, will we turn to God in humble, broken dependence. To deny our thirst, or worse, to try to dig our own wells, is tragic at best. When we fail to face our deepest disappointments and admit our sinfulness, the best we can hope for is temporary, superficial change. God speaks clearly to us about the result of trying to fill our own emptiness:   “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14 NIV)”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“The truth is, we thirst for what was lost at the Fall of man. We’re intent on living our lives apart from God. We use strategies that are foolish, ineffective, and immoral, in the hopes of somehow quenching our thirst. Yet, nothing satisfies. We’re faced with desires that we can’t discard and pain that doesn’t pass. The truth is: we’re selfish. We want life a certain way. We want people to treat us well. We want a good job and favorable financial status. We strive for pleasure and security. We want to love and be loved. We don’t want flat tires and we don’t want to have to wait in grocery store lines. And we’re motivated by desires that we’d rather not discuss. It wouldn’t be “Christian.” It would reveal too much to really take a look inside ourselves. So, we attempt to pray it away. We beg God for the ability to overcome our desires, to no avail.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry

“He wants us to understand that we don’t need all the things we’re drawing from our own wells, we don’t need all these things in life . . . we need a NEW LIFE!―a life in which we never thirst. In our emptiness, we realize that it is in truly knowing God, personally, as the only Source to provide our deepest needs where we will begin to truly live and be filled to the full.”
― Cherie Hill, empty.: Living Full of Faith When Life Drains You Dry