Quotes About Understanding

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us

God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.

If we rejoice in the acts of God without discovering His ways, we'll question who He is when He doesn't do what we've asked.

We keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We'll grow the most when we have the right conversations.

God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.

The understanding soul prays; the praying soul gets understanding.

Sometimes when we're waiting for God to speak, He's waiting for us to listen.

Don't create theology about God so that you can feel better about Him.

Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

The more I expose myself to the Word of God, the greater my faith will be.

We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.

It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.

People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

We worship God through our questions.

The awe of God is wisdom.

Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.

Many Christians miss out on God encounters because they are satisfied with good theology.