Quotes about Preparation

baby-sitting their roast in his oven? Who knew what he would be doing for them next?

To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation.

The tweaking of us by God in the quiet is the saving of us in public.

My life certainly didn't change overnight. I experienced a waiting period, a time of growth, development, and perseverance as God prepared me. Lessons on patience, trust, surrender, and learning to take hold all preceded my stepping out. But even in this seemingly unimportant time of pruning and trials, God was preparing me for the next step.

God is able to stand in my yesterday, today, and tomorrow, He knows things and sees things for which I need to be prepared.

Breaking up the unplowed ground of your heart will make it ready for new life, new growth, new maturity in you.

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.

Deciding ahead of time what I will and will not eat is a crucial part of this journey.

A good approach to something requires enough resources to handle the demands of that activity.

And yet what we call mundane is, in some very important ways, significant in God's school of preparation.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. [State of the Union Address January 11 1962]

No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.