The Hard Good Quotes

“Here’s what I hope will be a helpful distinction, in case you feel like hanging on right now is the best you’ve got: holding on versus hanging on. You can do better than simply hanging on. Holding on in the spiritual life is clinging to a stable place and being held in return. It is placing our lives on that big Hook that won’t disappoint us (a very rough paraphrase of Romans 5:5). So, unlike simply hanging on, we aren’t left to dangle in reliance on arms made of flesh. We are gripped by supernatural arms of immeasurable strength. In hard moments each decision in these three areas of body, mind, and soul will mark you for well beyond that day. It is a showing-up versus shutting-down decision that determines who you become. The showing up may be harder at first, but in the end it will be the richest good—you will be the most well you have ever been.”
― Lisa Whittle, The Hard Good: Showing Up for God to Work in You When You Want to Shut Down

“It is hard to accept something we wish were different. But when we do, we exchange pain for freedom.”
― Lisa Whittle, The Hard Good: Showing Up for God to Work in You When You Want to Shut Down

“It is for our good not to use our eyes to gauge how well we are doing: the storms of life will blind us to the power of God. Every. Single. Time. Believe your Bible, not your eyesight.”
― Lisa Whittle, The Hard Good: Showing Up for God to Work in You When You Want to Shut Down