Quotes about Reflection

You are a human being made in God's likeness.

Part of that likeness is to feel.

the activity of my life ("doing" for Jesus) began to eclipse the contemplative dimension of my life ("being" with Jesus).

The essence of being in God's image is our ability, like God, to stop. We imitate God by stopping our work and resting.

I was engaged in more activity for God than my being with God could sustain.

way. Part of the sanctification process of the Holy Spirit is to strip away the false constructs we have accumulated and enable our true selves to emerge.

twenty-four hours) to rest and delight in God.

The Sabbath calls us to build the doing of nothing into our schedules each week.

The Four Principles of Biblical Sabbath

On Sabbath I embrace my limits. God is God. He is indispensable. I am his creature. The world continues working fine when I stop.

It is essential that we reflect on the messages that were handed down to us, submitting them to Christ and his Word.

Allow yourself to experience the full weight of your feelings. Allow them without censoring them. Then you can reflect and thoughtfully decide what to do with them. Trust God to come to you through them. This is the first step in the hard work of discipleship.