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Category: Lysa TerKeurst

Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.

Now I’m not saying the act of going to church fixes everything. Just as simply looking at a restaurant menu won’t give you nourishment. We’ve got to engage with what’s offered if it’s going to do us any good. But putting my heart in a place to receive truth certainly got me going in a different direction.

analogies, church-going, influence

Tackle issues not people. Am I trying to prove my point or improve the relationship?

I’m not equipped to handle what she has, both good and bad and what she has is always a package deal of both. In other words, I’ve been assigned a load I can handle.

Wisdom makes decisions today that will still be good tomorrow.

decisions, wisdom

How a woman thinks is often how she lives.

power-of-thoughts

Evaluation eliminates frustration. We should also evaluate unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations become unmet expectations. And unmet expectations are like kindling wood-it only takes but a spark of frustration to set them ablaze and burn those involved.

inspirational, life

These were all simple acts of obedience I missed. But not missed because I was unaware. They were missed because I was busy—caught in the rush of endless demands. And the rush makes us rebellious. I knew what to do and blatantly ignored it.Ignoring God’s leading doesn’t seem like such a big deal in these cases. In the grand scheme of the world, how big a thing is it that I didn’t pick up that cup? After all, how can I be sure it was really God?I think a better question would be, How can I be sure it wasn’t God?

busy, christianity, faith, god, obedience, relationship

Look for Me. Long for Me. Experience unbroken companionship with Me.

A man journeyed to a place Where the road caused him to ponder, Should he travel the wide, clear road? Or should he venture up the other? The wide road was more often traveled, It was level and easy and clear. The narrow one seemed barely a path, With very few footprints there. His senses said to choose for ease And walk where many have wandered. But the map he held in his hand Showed the narrow going somewhere grander. In life we will all come to a point Where a decision must be made. Will we choose to walk with comfort’s guide? Or journey the narrow path God says?

christianity, god, trust

I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.

meditation, prayer

Nothing will give you emotional laryngitis like living in close proximity to someone who refuses to listen. Having emotions but no voice chokes the life out of relationships.

christian-women, christianity, communication, emotions, inspiration, mental-wellbeing, mental-wellness, psychology, relationships, spirituality