Lisa Rathbun

“God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are.”
― Tullian Tchividjian, Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

“To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism”
― Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus + Nothing = Everything

“If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.”
― Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus + Nothing = Everything

“Grief, of course, is not something that operates according to a specific time frame, and it seems cold to suggest otherwise. Yet when we do not grasp that God is present in pain, we eventually insist on victory or, worse, blame the sufferer for not "getting over it" fast enough. This is more than a failure to extend compassion; it's an exercise in cruelty.”
― Tullian Tchividjian, Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free