Quotes about Reflection

It's tough. And yet the Bible makes it very clear that we are to make time for rest. More than just physical rest, we need to take a spiritual and emotional rest from going our own way—literally. Once a week, we are to hit the pause button on life and guard a day of rest for our souls. Guard it fiercely and intentionally — even if the demands on our schedules beg us not to.

the only way to diminish our regrets is by making decisions that lead to peace.

Let your love for your friends, who are standing with you, and your love for the Lord, who wants you to honor Him in the way you treat your body, make you think it over.

We must spend time with God, letting His truths become part of who we are and how we live.

I am God's girl. That's right, I am. I am going to humbly and quietly let God have His way in me. And when I do, God will lift up me and my frayed nerves from this situation and fill me with a much better reaction than what I can give you at the moment. Give me just a few minutes and then we'll talk calmly about this.

The short time we actually focus on today's journey is often wasted on complaining, grumbling, wishing to be in a different place, or simply and mindlessly going through the motions of life.

We are to think about, ponder, and park our minds on constructive thoughts, not destructive thoughts.

Is God good? Is God good to me? Do I trust God to be God?

God, inconvenience me … so that I might constantly be reminded to draw near to You. Interrupt me, Lord. Shake things up in me, Lord. Reveal what's in me that's not of You, Lord. O Lord, more than anything, I want more of You.

But this journey is so much more than just that. It really is about learning to tell myself no and learning to make wiser choices

We need to keep a gauge on our hearts so we can process, clarify, and understand our lives and relationships more deeply.

And what we think about can consume us if