Bitterness isn't usually found most deeply in those whose hearts are hard but rather in those who are most tender. It's not that they are cold; it's that they've been made to feel unsafe.
— Lysa TerKeurst (b. 1969), Bestsellerautorin, Rednerin und Leiterin von Proverbs 31 Ministries
Source: Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Guilt & Forgiveness, Fear & Anxiety
Occasions: For Reflection, Comfort
Lysa TerKeurst
Lysa TerKeurst (* 1969) ist eine US-amerikanische evangelikale Bestsellerautorin, Referentin und langjährige Leiterin von Proverbs 31 Ministries. Bekannt wurde sie durch Andachten und Bücher, die praktische Lebenshilfe zu Themen wie Vergebung, emotionalem Schmerz und Beziehungsfragen bieten. Für Bibelleser bieten ihre Beiträge alltagsnahe Ermutigung, während theologische Kritiker an ihren Werken eine teils stark subjektive und psychologisierende Schriftauslegung bemängeln.
All quotes by Lysa TerKeurst (30)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer