“Good boundaries bring relief to the grief of letting other people’s opinions, issues, desires, and agendas run our life. But if we see boundaries as a one-way ticket to acting unkind, unchristian, or uncaring, there will be no relief.”- Lysa TerKeurst In Chapter 8 (“Trying to Make Someone Else Happy Shouldn’t Be Your Definition of […]
“The angel is saying: ‘You want relief from all your fear? Behold! Look at Christmas. Look at what he did.’ And to the degree you behold it, grasp it, and treasure and ponder it in your heart, to that degree those fears will start to diminish. Fear not! Behold!” – Timothy Keller (emphasis author’s) And […]
“Relief is momentary; it’s checking out, numbing, sedating yourself. Television is relief. Eating a bag of cookies is relief. . . . And let’s be honest — relief is what we reach for because it’s immediately and usually within our grasp. Most of us turn there, when what we really need is restoration.”- John Eldredge […]
“You might be turning over every rock to find some relief. You might be hungering and thirsting for something that will last in a world where it feels like everything is fleeting. we all have something we want. We all hunger.”- Meredith McDaniel (emphasis author’s) Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they […]