Quotes about Reflection

I forgive this person for how their actions back then are still impacting me now. And whatever my feelings don't yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

Humility can't be bought at a bargain price. It's the long working of grace upon grace within the hurts of our hearts.

We have to put our hearts and our minds in places where wisdom gathers, not scatters.

We can go to Bible study and amen every point made, but if we don't apply it to our lives, we won't be changed. And I'll even take it a step further and say that if we've been exposed to a teaching that we know we need to implement and we don't make any changes, that's a clue that the hardening of that part of our heart is in process.

When we know Christ, it should show in our overflow, regardless of our relative success or discouragement in the face of rejection.

At some point we must stop: 1. Replaying what happened over and over. 2. Taking what was actually terrible in the past and tricking ourselves into thinking it was better than it was. 3. Imagining the ways things should be so much that we can't acknowledge what is.

Seek God like never before. Part of seeking Him is allowing for grace space in your life.

Sometimes a phrase lands in your soul with such weight it leaves the deepest impression.

Making art provides uncomfortably accurate feedback about the gap that inevitably exists between what you intended to do, and what you did.

Why doesn't Jesus work for me?" is never the right question. Instead, when circumstances shift and we feel like we fall short, we should ask, "How can I see Jesus even in this?

We are amazingly similar to the children of Israel. We spend half our lives looking back at our own Egypt with selective memories, longing to have our comfort zone back. Then we spend the other half wishing our days away for a dreamy future in our own promised land.

What were the unrealistic expectations I had, and how can I better manage these next time?