Quotes About Resilience

The space between our expectations and our reality is a fertile field, and it's the perfect place to grow a bumper crop of disappointment.

From that cracked-open-heart place, a God-breathed strength will rise. Rise.

People laughed at Jesus. People rejected Jesus. People misunderstood Jesus. We know this in theory, but as I sat on that rock that day, I suddenly realized what an everyday reality this was for Him. And because this was a reality for Him, He is the perfect one to turn to when rejection is a reality for us.

when my identity is tied to circumstances I become extremely insecure because circumstances are unpredictable and ever-changing.

Puedo enfrentar las cosas que están fuera de mi control y no actuar fuera de control.

But even in the darkest parts, I have immediate access to Him.

I tried to prop up what was left of me so I wouldn't collapse into the broken place inside. Good grades. Achievements and accolades. Fun friends and good times. Boys who made me feel special. I tried to steady myself with anything that helped me feel better.

Some will live their whole lives missing the chance to see all the good God has placed around them just for them. Partly because the hard stuff has demanded so much of their attention. And the seeming permanence of some of the heartbreak has stolen their affection for life.

This isn't an indication that your healing isn't working. It's just an indication that you're a human still holding on to some hurt that needs to be resolved.

Hurting but still hoping—that is the human journey.

But this journey is so much more than just that. It really is about learning to tell myself no and learning to make wiser choices

When we think the process of longsuffering is unbearable, we must remember it would be deadly for God to put us up on that solid rock before we are strong, firm, and steadfast. And it would be cruel for Him to require us to sing before we have a song.

Today's rejections, big or subtle, are like stealth bombs that zing straight to my core, locating hurts from my past and making them agonizingly present all over again.

it comes to my struggles with feeling unglued.

The devil is viscous, but he's not victorious!

No matter what wrong thing has happened, there is a right next thing to do.

The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

I may not like all the circumstances from my past, but I can see I survived. God was with me. God has used parts of what I walked through for good. God used some of it to protect me. God has certainly used it to teach me lessons and make me more empathetic for others walking through hard things. And God has used some of it to position me for where I needed to be next.

I am made for more than a vicious cycle of eating, gaining, stressing...

One rejection after another did quite a number on my heart. And each new rejection didn't just add hurt; it multiplied the pain that was already there. That accumulation created a dark feeling of hopeless defeat.

Broken boards can't provide stability.

An interesting fact about the Garden of Gethsemane is that it sits at the base of a known escape route from the city over the Mount of Olives toward the Judean desert. This is the route David took when running from his son Absalom. Jesus would have known this. But instead of running, He turned to His Father and said nine hell-shattering, demon-shaking, Devil-killing words: "Yet not what I will, but what you will" (Mark 14:36).

Rejection always leaves the deepest, darkest marks.

We can press through the pains of the famine and find comfort in knowing that God has a good plan even in our discomfort.