It's Not Supposed to Be This Way

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Lysa TerKeurst

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, his lack of intervention hurtful, and his promises doubtful? Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances, inviting you to live assured when life doesn't turn out like you expected.Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a season, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned at best and overwhelmed and hopeless at worst. We quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness and why he allows us to suffer and experience grief and loss.Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But after many tears, godly counseling, and prayerful seeking, she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit, vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to:Stop being pulled into the anxiety of disappointment by discovering how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations.Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy, so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes.Discover the secret of being steadfast and not panicking when God actually does give us more than we can handle.Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us.Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth, the Bible.Look for additional biblically based resources and devotionals from Lysa:Good Boundaries and GoodbyesForgiving What You Can't ForgetUninvitedYou're Going to Make ItEmbracedSeeing Beautiful Again

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Author

Lysa TerKeurst

Pages

256

Publisher

Thomas Nelson

Published Date

2018-11-13

ISBN

0718039866 9780718039868

Ratings

Google: 5

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"This book was exactly what I needed right now. 💕"

Tamela B

"(5/18/19-6/10/19)"

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Kyra Kantaris

"Love the rawness of this book and the real life application. No matter what you are going through you can find inspiration and help through God's word."

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Jamie Smith

"I have been reading this book off and on for about 6 months. Like most Lysa Terkeust, it is very wordy. She has a distinct style to her writing & it is very conversational, which at times can be slightly draining. <br/>Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who feels their world has been flipped upside down, whether by tragedy, circumstances, grief, etc. Lysa wrote this book as she went through personal tragedy of confession (that was very publicized) of her husband’s infidelity & her diagnosis of breast cancer. It was a turbulent time in her life & it shows in her writing. It is raw & very real. You can feel the pain & confusion in her writing, which anyone can tell you is a very real thing when dealing with hard circumstances. <br/>I would absolutely recommend this book for those going through the unimaginable or unexpected. For some it would be a good book to read now (during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic) because your world has been flipped upside down. For others it may be too strong for how your feeling right now. This is definitely not a light-hearted read, but it is time well spent in this read."

Marissa Dodgen

"Lysa has such a beautiful way of wording mundane feelings and applying the gospel and the Lord’s word to them. Wow. It takes so much strength to oversee current situations and to recognize God’s intentions for different seasons of life, whether they be initiated by him or not. Beautiful beautiful words. "