Quotes about Reflection

So I offer my definition of theology: theology is the application of Scripture, by persons, to every area of life.

Getting the past wrong is almost as problematic as not getting the past into our minds at all.

To cut ourselves off from the past is to rob ourselves from understanding the present.

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.

Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday...

This is not to say, there never comes a day I'll take my chances and start again. And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong.

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts. Its easy to talk oneself into a decision that has no permanence — easier sometimes than to wait patiently.

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.