Quotes about Reality

So the human heart was created in the context of the perfection of the garden of Eden. But we don't live there now. This is why our instincts keep firing off the lie that perfection is possible. We have pictures of perfection etched into the very DNA of our souls.

We can't live in an alternate reality and expect what's right in front of us to get better.

So, while there are still good things in this world, the world is no longer a perfect reflection of God's goodness.

We can't look to our feelings to determine truth. We must look to truth to rein in our feelings.

What we look for is what we will see, what we see determines our perspective, and our perspective determines our reality.

In the middle of the pain you didn't cause, the change you didn't want, or the reality you didn't know was coming . . . your life can still be beautiful.

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.

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And honestly, I'm tired of knowing I have issues but having no clue how to rein them in on a given day. I need something simple. A quick reality check I can remember in the midst of the everyday messies.

In other words, they had seen a lot. They had heard a lot. But they had not personally applied what they'd seen and heard. Their hearts were not tender to the reality of Jesus. Their hearts were hardened. Access without application will not equal transformation.

Here's the reality of our current technique: Other people's requests dictate the decisions we make. We become slaves to others' demands when we let our time become dictated by requests. We will live reactive lives instead of proactive.

but repentance is faith's fruit, and there is no more reality in a profession of faith than there is reality of repentance accompanying it.