Quotes about Reflection

We can never really know, except in hindsight, how prayers will be answered.

Do we carry the guilt from the sins of past generations? If so, can we bear the weight of that burden? Trent

Along our journey, people and events flow into us, and we are created of everywhere and everyone we have passed. Each event, each person, changes us in some way. Even in times of drought we are still moving and growing, but it is during seasons of rain that we expand the most-when water flows from all directions, sweeping at terrifying speed, chasing against rocks, spilling over boundaries. These are painful times, but they enable us to carry burdens we could never have thought possible.

The thing about mistakes is, they become valuable when you learn from them. I

Take a breath, look around, a voice seemed to be whispering. None of this is here by accident, and neither are you.

The Lord has afforded breath for another day. The situation could be worse. They'd

What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

the past travels with you. It's whether you run from it or learn from it that makes all the difference.

intimately close as if she plans to impart a secret. "A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things.

I would have lived more fully in the moment, realize how easily a perfect day can slip by unnoticed. Any day is the glory day if you choose to see the glory in it

How can God allow such abominations to flourish unchecked in this world? The answer came in a question, Ruby. God, in reply, asked, "How can you?

Clinging to the past so hard it was like leaving an arrow embedded instead of pulling it out and letting the wound bleed clean, then heal.