Quotes about Transformation

A thick and shapeless trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture, and would never consent to submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor who sees by his genius what he can make of it.

The butterfly needs the hardship to make it strong enough to fly. The struggle pumps fluid to its wings and gives it the strength to survive. If I were to help it by cutting away the chrysalis, it would die. So all we can do is stand back and observe its own efforts to free itself.

Nothing could define her unless she let it. She had God in her life to heal those broken places, but she hadn't let him do it.

If you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst to profound reinvention.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.

The real sin lay in thinking that any power to help and transform came from me. Of course it was not my wholeness, but Christ's that made the difference.

Whatever in our life is hardest to bear, love can transform into beauty.

Jesus Christ is able to untangle all the snarls in your soul, to banish all your complexes, and to transform even your fixed habit patterns, no matter how deeply they are etched in your subconscious.

Of course it was not my wholeness, but Christ's that made the difference.

Surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ must not be partial—but total. Only when we repent and turn away from our sins (using His power, of course) does He fill us with His Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit makes us right with God, and God's love in us makes us right with men. Through that we can forgive—even love—our enemies. Jesus Himself makes us ready for His coming.

Whatever in our life is hardest to bear, love can transform into beauty.

And I've never met anybody who said that they were sorry that the Lord Jesus had entered their hearts.