Quotes about Perspective

Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God's creation.

The burden God places squeezes the grapes and out comes the wine; most of us see the wine only.

You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be and what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God is not big enough. But if you have had a vision, seeing Jesus as He really is, experiences can come and go, yet you will endure "as seeing Him who is invisible

Whenever our right becomes the guiding factor of our lives, it dulls our spiritual insight.

The temptation is to face difficulties from a commonsense standpoint. The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

When I pray, do I concentrate more on the "mountain" I want removed or on God, who can remove it?

Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.

It takes God a long time to get us to stop thinking that unless everyone sees things exactly as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God's view.

What people call preparation, God sees as the goal itself...if we realize that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious.

If not, that is why I become discouraged. Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus—not love for Jesus Himself.

Are you loyal to Jesus or loyal to your notion of Him?

It takes God a long time to get us to stop thinking that unless everyone sees things exactly as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God's view. There is only one true liberty—the liberty of Jesus at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right. Don't get impatient with others. Remember how God dealt with you—with patience and with gentleness.