Quotes about Reflection

remember the decisions you make determine the schedule you keep. The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines how you spend your soul.

Evaluation eliminates frustration. We should also evaluate unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations become unmet expectations. And unmet expectations are like kindling wood-it only takes but a spark of frustration to set them ablaze and burn those involved.

While my heart wants to say yes, the reality of my time makes this a no." I've learned the best "no" answers are graciously honest.

We won't develop new responses until we develop new thoughts. That's why renewing our minds with new thoughts is crucial.

Too many people think that finding the reason God placed us here on earth will come in one assignment with a big title and complete job description. I believe that discovering our purpose will unfold slowly, like a seed planted deep in the ground.

If we let it, unglued will allow us to become humbly and beautifully broken before Him.

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.