Quotes about Understanding

When we meet people flesh to flesh we meet people mess to mess.

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?" John 6:61

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 2 Timothy 2:7

If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. 1 John 3:20

When I see people now, I try not to see them "flesh to flesh," because then I see them "mess to mess." Instead, I try to look at them in their spirit. I try to see them "spirit to spirit.

Sins that differ from ours always seem worse.

I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you. Acts 13:41

Proverbs 14:10 that "each heart knows its own bitterness" (NIV), and I think he was on to something. No other human can climb down our throats like a spelunker and

Unfortunately, human hearts seem remarkably resistant to wisdom.

Every now and then a moment of clarity hits us, and we feel known by something—Someone—of inestimable greatness.

Guys, don't follow Elkanah's example. Get involved at home. If God has given you a wife, put the effort into understanding her. Is it an impossible task? Most assuredly. But sometimes the challenging jobs are the most rewarding. Wives need men who engage and participate, not abdicate as parent and spouse. For too many husbands the lights are on, but nobody is home.

Acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. (1 Chron. 28:9)