When God Doesn't Fix It Quotes

“During the wait, which eventually stretched over two days and nights, my favorite visitors were the ones who said the three magic words: not “I love you,” or even, “I am praying,” but, “Here’s your latte.” Those words made me smile each time I heard them because the people who brought me lattes weren’t trying to give me answers. They were just trying to give me coffee. They sat with me and wept with me and never said a word. They were the ones who refilled my empty cup.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“I no longer believe the myth that trials are a curse. Trials are an opportunity. They are an invitation to do good works to glorify our Father in heaven, to transform our lives from the inside out, and to drive us into the arms and footsteps of Jesus.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“The answer to our whys may be obvious now, or they may never be answered in our lifetime. But even if we knew why, it’s likely we wouldn’t be satisfied with the answers anyway.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Our hope comes in Jesus, even when he doesn’t do what we want him to do. Even when he doesn’t fix what’s broken in our life.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Many caretakers don’t feel appreciated. They feel unloved. They work so hard to care for someone but feel disrespected. When I point them to Scripture, they often feel like the Bible is another rule book they can never live up to. They think the reason this hard thing is happening to them is because they have failed God in some way—they didn’t pray enough, read enough Scripture, serve enough, or have morning quiet times.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Am I going to let my circumstances determine my view of God, or am I going to let God determine how I view my circumstances?”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“MYTH: THE CHURCH IS A BUILDING WITH SERVICES. TRUTH: THE CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD AS THEY SERVE ONE ANOTHER.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Worshipping God was an act of David’s will, not his emotions.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Our desire is for God to fix broken things. But God’s desire for us is to fix our relationship with him. There”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Have you guys really prayed about this?” “Have you prayed in faith for him to be healed?” They imply that we haven’t prayed long or hard enough, used the right words, or sufficiently trusted God, and that’s why Martin wasn’t healed. In those moments, I want to respond, “Oh, faith! That’s a great idea! We should try that. Until now, we’ve haven’t been praying in faith, we’ve been praying in the sandbox!”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“God sent Jesus not only to redeem people but to redeem all things. So just as Jesus came to heal our broken relationship with God, he also came to heal the consequences of the broken world we live in.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“God wants to restore our relationship with him more than anything else. Though he loves us, he’ll allow us to feel the pain of this world’s unhealed hurts if it brings us closer to him.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“The Bible isn’t just a book of clever greeting card slogans and memorable stories. If you’re reading your Bible merely for “inspiration” to get you through the day, you are missing the meat of it. There is so much more to be discovered.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“We want our faith to be “perfect and complete.” But who wants to go through trials to make it happen? The problem is, perseverance doesn’t come from listening to a sermon. There is no inspirational bestseller we can read that will help us plumb the depths of our faith. We don’t become perfect and complete by sitting in church. We learn who he really is during the most desperate part of our trials. It’s about meeting God where and when we need him most. Sure, our faith grows through reading Scripture and praying, but just as we don’t know the strength of our body until we test it in a physical challenge, our faith isn’t perfected until it’s been tested in a spiritual challenge.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“God loved me so much, he was willing to strip everyone and everything away from me so I could receive the “incomparable riches of his grace” (Eph. 2:7).”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“I had bowed to the idol of efficiency and hadn’t properly or lovingly consulted Martin’s input.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“I met a woman once who was married for twenty years to an unfaithful husband before they divorced. She spent the next two decades asking why and being bitter toward God. Twenty years after her divorce, she still had no answers—only bitterness. But now, she has lost forty years of her life to the jerk she married. How would her life have been different after her divorce if she’d moved from why to how?”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Reflecting back on those memories, I realized I learned not only my love of music in church, but also my theology through those hymns. It was through the lyrics we sang that I learned who God was and the attributes of his character.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“James is saying that when the trials of life happen, we need to hold on to God. It’s an opportunity for us to look in the dark for the less obvious blessings and mercies of God that we might overlook in the light. When we do, God shows us things that we otherwise might miss. God’s light is brightest in the dark.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“The whole world could be against your husband, but as long as you are for him, you give him wings. And if the whole world is for him, but you’re against him, it’s like pouring concrete in his shoes.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without