"We should all have someone in our lives on whom we can look back and say, ‘I saw God’s love in that person.’"

"Suffering puts us in our place. It humbles us to realize that we are not really in charge of our lives. This is a hard realization. God is in charge, and His purposes can be hard to discern at times. He takes even the sin of the world, and turns it to good account. We often do not see how He does this, but we believe it. Accepting it in faith is never easy when you are suffering. Today I will not try to understand the incomprehensible. I will accept God’s goodness in everything by faith."

"Hey, you. Yep, you. I know it’s been hard lately, I see how brave you are, how you keep going, how you press on, even in the tough times. You’re doing well. You’re moving forward. You’re stronger than you realize and you’re going to make it through with a story to tell, a smile that can’t be taken away, a strength in your stride that comes from someone who knows what it’s like to look fear in the eyes and say, “You can’t have my joy - not today, no way."

"Brokenness does not mean uselessness."

(Source: imstillproud)

There are people who are going through tough stuff.  You need to hear this.  God’s got this.  Whatever you’re going through, God’s bigger than it. Whatever struggles you’re going through, God’s bigger than it. Everything is for God’s glory.  God’s saying “Look, I’m better than that.  I’m bigger than that.  If you’d just be still, let Me be God, let Me be huge, let Me be big.  You can overcome the impossible.”

-Chris Pasik

I’m so sick of people who call themselves Christians settling for average, ordinary, and normal.

-Chris Pasik

"Don’t let the enemy tell you that your brokenness disqualifies you from spreading the news of Jesus Christ."

(Source: thensings-mysoul)

"When you refuse to be honest with God and others, and I think this is by far the biggest issue, the one that can devastate the most. In the end, you’ll come over here and whatever your fear is, whatever your doubt is, whatever your addiction is, whatever your issue is, all your vitality, all your energy and all your effort will go into subduing this thing, hiding this thing, avoiding this thing or trying to overcome this thing. And the thing you’ll forget about is the cross. The objective evidence of God’s love and care for you is the cross of Jesus Christ. And unfortunately for so many of us, we become issue-driven and not cross-driven. So you’re going to fail, you’re going to stumble, you’re going to have these moments where you fall short and you’re going to have these moments where you’re going to fall back into bad patterns. And if you don’t understand the cross, if you don’t understand the mercy of God given to us in Jesus, then you’ll try to muster more strength to overcome this thing that you cannot beat. So you take your eyes off of the objective evidence of God’s love for you, that Jesus died while you were at your worst. Because if your eyes are on that, everything changes."

"Now what happens when there’s pain, sorrow, hurt or fear, if we press into Him, there are answers to difficult questions. You just don’t suppress them. You run into them and you get to know the character and nature of God. Because upon getting to know His size, His might and His strength, all situations become not only bearable but maybe even fountains of joy."

I may not be where I need to be, but I thank God I’m not where I used to be.