Quotes about Bewilderment
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
— Isaiah 29:9
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
— Luke 21:25
This bewildering call of God comes into our lives as well. The call of God can never be understood absolutely or explained externally; it is a call that can only be perceived and understood internally by our true inner nature. The call of God is like the call of the sea—no one hears it except the person who has the nature of the sea in him.
— Oswald Chambers
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
God says Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.
— Mark 16:8
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
— Proverbs 30:18
You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
— Deuteronomy 28:34
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
— 1 Kings 9:8
Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.
— Martin Luther
And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
— Acts 2:6
There will be moments when you simply don't understand what is going on.
— Paul David Tripp