by Lysa TerKeurst | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Disappointment, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Overcoming, Seeing Beauty in Life, Spiritual Growth
So much of what’s on the news today truly feels like something we’d only see in a Hollywood movie — not real life. COVID-19 has not only spread across the world at record levels, but it’s also spread across our daily realities and changed so much for so many. Because...
by Lysa TerKeurst | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog, Embraced, Spiritual Growth
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. — Psalm 19:7–8 There’s a simple, yet...
by Lysa TerKeurst | May 6, 2017 | Blog, Experiencing Israel, Spiritual Growth
Before I went to Israel for the first time a few years ago, my Bible reading felt a bit thin and disconnected. What was once so invigorating felt more like another thing on my endlessly long to-do list. You know, when a person lives with the stress of an overwhelmed...
by Lysa TerKeurst | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog, Overcoming, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Have you ever cried over something so much that you run out of tears? Your swollen eyes just give out and dry up while a current of unrest still gushes through your soul. And you look up toward heaven in utter frustration. Me too. And there’s someone else in the Bible...
by Lysa TerKeurst | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog, Rejection, Spiritual Growth, Uninvited
I want life to be as stable as a math problem. Two plus two always equals four. It will equal four today, tomorrow and into the tomorrows years from now. Math equations don’t experience breakups and letdowns. They don’t get cancer. Or have their best friend get...
by Lysa TerKeurst | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog, Rejection, Spiritual Growth, Uninvited
No one wants to have their heart crushed. But being wounded in deep places happens. Sometimes it just seems to be part of the rhythm of life. And when these hard times come, we feel it all so very deeply. And we wonder if others have these hard, hard moments. After...
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