Quotes about Balance

Sometimes ministry can be the biggest distraction to the pursuit of true intimacy with God

Here's a rule of thumb for the thought life that will be a catalyst for victory in all parts of life: starve the flesh and feed the spirit.

God created male and female with an intricate balance of sameness and distinction, an impressive concoction of common part and counterpart. Each image bearers. Each of equal worth. Each necessary for a future. Each necessary for survival.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

There are so many things you can lose sight of as you try to win games and all the stuff we try to do every day.

Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect

The field is leveled only in heaven.

You may be asking yourself at this very moment, Why isn't Stormie's husband writing this book? The answer is simple. He's just like you. He is a busy man, with places to go, people to see, work to do, a family to support, food to eat, a life to live, golf to play, ball games to watch, channels to flip, and a chronic lack of patience when it comes to writing. It's not that he doesn't pray.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.

We should never use spiritual activities as a way to grab for more intimacy than is appropriate for our relationship.

John Calvin wrote, "The evil in our desire typically does not lie in what we want, but in that we want it too much.