But you will find life-giving purpose and meaning when you allow God to take your painful experiences and comfort others. But what if shattering is the only way to get dust back to its basic form so that something new can be made? It’s that feeling things should be better than they are. “What if the comfort and certainties we crave today are a deadly recipe for complacency that will draw our hearts further and further away from God?” (p. 181). When we are poured out and purified, other situations that arise won’t bother us the way they used to…. If our souls never ached with disappointments and disillusionment, we'd never full admit and submit to our need for God. Brendon and I turned around at the same time. The disappointment is justified because it’s not supposed to be this way and our souls know it! To trust God is to trust His way. If we weren't shattered we'd never know the glorious touch of the Potter making something glorious out of dust, out of us.”, “Hoping doesn’t mean I put myself in harm’s way. It is such a powerful book, especially if you are struggling with disappointment, resentment or regrets in life. It’s ironic, isn’t it? The disappointment is justified because it’s not supposed to be this way and our souls know it! GOING to the WELL The human heart was created in the context of the perfection of the garden of Eden. Or we can see dust as a crucial ingredient.” -Lysa Terkeurst in It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way. To deny my feelings any voice is to rob me of being human. Dust is often what must be present for the new to begin. We are desperate to make things easier than they are. Lysa got the phrase “fighting words” from a song Ellie Holcomb wrote by that title. The funny thing is, I learned about this book the same way I found out about one of my other favorite Christian reads, “Why Her”. For me, I loved each of the declarations, but I was able to hone in on what I needed in this season by way of the Scripture that evoked a response in me. It takes time. “Using God’s truth as your fighting words will not change what you see, but it will absolutely will change how you see” (page 188). A new you. If you’re tracking with this — or maybe still wrestling with it — we can’t leave it here. But He will allow it in doses to increase our trust. People should be better than they are. But that’s not the same as God not giving us more than we can handle. Dust is often what must be present for the new to begin. But we don’t live there now. Book Notes: It's Not Supposed to Be This Way. . You are chosen. know. “We think the shattering in our lives could not possibly be for any good. These are the ones replaying in my mind, helping me find joy despite my trials: Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like. We need to analyze our ways of processing life and all the things that happen to us. The lesson for us here? What’s too heavy for us is light for Him. No hardships or suffering. It’s really the only way to move from being stuck to transformed, from entrapment to freedom, from sorrow to joy. The longer we avoid the feeling, the more delay our healing. It’s his subtle seduction to get us alone with our thoughts so he can slip in whispers that will develop our disappointments into destructive choices.”, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. We cannot formulate how the … “Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another — she has not gone into exile. See more ideas about Lysa terkeurst quotes, Lysa terkeurst, Inspirational quotes. We can see from our vantage point that their time in exile was not only a direct consequence of their own unfaithfulness but was an instrument of God’s grace. To the exiles of Israel, life was hard and full of great suffering. 19 Quotes from It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way by @LysaTerKeurst, Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like. It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Quotes Showing 1-30 of 85 “Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like.” ― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered Man, if life feels good, it must be good. We want our happily ever after. “The enemy of my soul didn't want me painting that day. Moab? We pout. Lysa emphasizes in the first few pages of Chapter 10 that “there are thousands of scenarios that evoke these feelings of uncertainty, fear, and exhaustion from life not being like you thought it would be” (page 179). But we don't live there now. Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Enjoy! The enemy uses disappointments to cause so much trouble in an unsettled heart. Trusting God is the hardest lesson to learn but the most crucial. It’s to save us. And that means there’s no way for me to prepare myself for it. It was very realistic. . ( Log Out / We can numb it, ignore it, or pretend it doesn’t exist, but all those options lead to an eventual breakdown, not a breakthrough.”, “Weak moments don’t make weak faith. It’s not a hard concept. “God doesn’t want you or me to suffer. (see Isaiah 16). No matter what you’ve done or what’s been done to you, these words of God are true about you.”, “Humans are very attached to outcomes. Lysa TerKeurst has been there and has some wisdom to share from what she learned about the goodness of God during suffering. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3, In my current season of a lot of “not knowing” what I should do or what is to come, it greatly equips and encourages me to read (or shout) Lysa’s declaration for “Attention:”.