Quotes about Reflection

At some point in the late afternoon, preferably before dinner, while you are still experiencing the strength and rest of God, take fifteen minutes in quiet solitude to review and examine the day.

True Christlikeness, true companionship with Christ, comes at the point where it is hard not to respond as he would.

Every Christian must strive to arrive at beliefs about God that faithfully reflect the realities of his or her life and experience, so that each may know how to live effectively before him in his world. That's theology!

First, we must learn from him the reason why we live and why we do the things we do.

Humble yourself. This is your one duty.

Life in general can carry on within limits even though some of its specific needs are not adequately met. A plant or animal without the appropriate food, light, or space may lead a weakened and deformed existence, but one that is still a life. Human life is not what it could be, though it is still here, still going on. But the question is, what is human life being cut off from to leave it in such a sad and depleted condition?

Let us now be perfectly clear. Your life is not something from which you can stand aside and consider what it would have been like had you had a different one. There is no "you" apart from your actual life. You are not separate from your life, and in that life you must find the goodness of God. Otherwise, you will not believe that he has done well by you, and you will not truly be at peace with him.

The biblical day begins at sundown—the early evening, we might call it. It is the end that is also the beginning.

Making sure to leave the evening free as the start of your time with Jesus.

It helps to have some idea of what it would be like to go through a day with Jesus.

You need to imagine what your day would look like with Jesus at your side—as he will be.

In charting one's course in life, it is important never to forget that many things that cannot be called wrong or evil are nevertheless not good for us.