Lisa McKay > Quotes

“I was surprised to learn that there was yet another type of tired. On Seram we'd had physical tired. The type of tired when a thousand muscles are screaming at you to quit walking, sweat's running off you, and only the energy you manage to generate from gritting your teeth helps you take the next step. That type of tired can keep the emotional tired safely at bay-the tired when sadness is a physical weight, a thick smothering, aching thing. That was the dangerous type of tired we couldn't afford on Seram. That's the type of tired that makes you want to sit still and listen to despair.”
― Lisa McKay, My Hands Came Away Red

“I’ve said time and time again that there is no formula for becoming the perfect pastor’s wife, but the Bible is full of wisdom on how to become more like Christ. The qualities we’ve just discussed are a tiny piece of what a life sanctified to service will look like.”
― Lisa McKay, You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes: And Other Great Advice from an Unlikely Preacher's Wife

“C. S. Lewis rightly said, “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
― Lisa McKay, You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes: And Other Great Advice from an Unlikely Preacher's Wife