Catherine Johnston

“Humans are very attached to outcomes. We say we trust God but behind the scenes we work our fingers to the bone and our emotions into a tangled fray trying to control our outcomes. We praise God when our normal looks like what we thought it would. We question God when it doesn’t. And walk away from Him when we have a sinking suspicion that God is the one who set fire to the hope that was holding us together.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

“I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into better shape. —Charles Dickens”
― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew

“Sometimes to get your life back, you have to face the death of what you thought your life would look like.”
― Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

“Happiness is not having what you want,
but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism