When we don't deal honestly ...

When we don't deal honestly with our lives and the losses we face, when we try to anesthetize the pain and move on, then the suppressed anger or fear or guilt will deal with us until we are ready to deal with those issues.
 Sheila Walsh

Quotes from the same author

Suffering is seldom an item on our list of requests to the Lord. But when it crosses our path and we are able by his grace to keep on walking, our lives become messages of hope to the world and to the church.
 Sheila Walsh
It's my absolute passionate belief that every single human being, man, woman, or child, is aching to find a face-to-face relationship with God.
 Sheila Walsh
If guilt tells us that we've done something wrong, then shame tells us that we are something wrong. So many people feel isolated, not good enough, defined by the labels they wear rather than the identity they have in Christ. The love of Christ tells us that we're accepted; that we belong.
 Sheila Walsh