Quotes about Awareness

Love is a special way of being alive.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life" (Prov. 4:23 NCV). Do you want to be happy tomorrow? Then

What child, whilst summer is happening, bothers to think that summer will end? What child when snow is on the ground stops to remember that not long ago the ground was snowless?

Just because you are idle, don't assume God is.

We, like Paul, are aware of two things: We are great sinners and we need a great savior. We, like Peter, are aware of two facts: We are going down and God is standing up. So we … leave behind the Titanic of self-righteousness and stand on the solid path of God's grace.

A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace.

Guilt is God's idea. He uses it the way highway engineers use rumble strips. When we swerve off track, they call us back. Guilt does the same. It leaves us more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverant, more human, more passionate,more responsible.

And unless we look and listen closely, we risk making the same mistake. God's lights in our dark nights are as numerous as the stars, if only we'll look for them. from In the Eye of the Storm

Those who missed His Majesty's arrival that night missed it not because of evil acts or malice; no, they missed it because they simply weren't looking. Little has changed in the last two thousand years, has it?

Ask God to show you specific areas in your life that require his special "renewing" attention.

No wonder there is no wonder. We've figured it all out.

Ask God for a special alertness to sense moments in this day when you can clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Thank the Lord for each person who has demonstrated one of those character traits of Jesus in your life.