Quotes About Growth

On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity.

Heartbreaking seasons can certainly grow me but were never meant to define me. I let go of the hurt and embrace the growth the minute I'm able to say, "Yet not what I will, but what You will.

Finding the gentle middle between exploding and stuffing can be hard, but God is working on me. How about you?

we are to escape the natural bitterness of the human heart, we have to go through a long process as well . . . the process of being cured.

On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity. Instead, I chain my identity to the Word of God that breathes hope and powerful potential back into any situation.

Let your past rejection experiences work for you instead of against you by allowing them to help you sense the possible pain behind other people's reactions.

The gravity of living in a sin-soaked world will always try to hold us back from living loved. But if we will remember to return often to our Instructor . . . our Creator . . . we will discover His loving hands still pulse to continue making us. Tweaking us. Molding us. Filling us. And daily completing the good work He began in us.

not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.

Not only are there changes going on in your body that you can't see, there are changes going on in your spirit—with your discipline, your courage, and your

As we wisely gain knowledge through the everyday stuff, and grapple with the development of our discernment through everyday stuff, we'll use what we have to our advantage in making better decisions. (41)

No, that relationship didn't work out. But that doesn't mean you'll never find love. It also doesn't mean you aren't capable, likable, and lovely.

What if we could actually get to the place where we thanked God for letting us face this battle because of the rich treasures we discovered on the battlefield?

I have discovered that if I can change the way I think about something, I can change the way I react to it. If I change the way I react, I can change the way I define myself as a mother. I don't have to be defined as one barely hanging on in survival mode. I can be a mom who thrives and lives and loves the great adventure I've been called to.

We'll tell you all about our broken places of yesterday but don't dare admit the limitations of our today.

Inspiration and information without personal application will never amount to transformation

Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before.

Time grows the seeds that are planted, watered, and fertilized. Plant beauty, grow beauty. Plant thorns, grow thorns. Time will allow for either.

We see that all those harsh realities aren't the end, but rather a temporary middle space. Not the place where we are meant to wallow and dwell. Rather the place through which we will have to learn to wrestle well.

We don't think about fixing things until we realize they are broken.

Sometimes relationships grow stronger through conflict; other times relationships end.

I have allowed myself to believe that to be stripped of all the props and pretensions and accolades and approvals is to be stripped of the best parts of me. When in reality what's best about me comes to the forefront when I'm closest to the way God created me, naked and unashamed. To stand naked and unashamed is the way of the garden life.

Progresa. Solo progresa. Está bien tener reveses y la necesidad de volver a hacerlo. Está bien trazar una línea en la arena y empezar de nuevo… y de nuevo. Solo asegúrate de seguir moviendo la línea hacia delante. Avanza. Da pasitos de bebé, pero al menos da pasos que impidan que te quedes atascada. Entonces vendrá el cambio. Y será bueno.

Anytime we feel not good enough we deny the powerful truth that we are a glorious work of God in progress. We are imperfect because we are unfinished.

Los cambios imperfectos son pasos pequeños de progreso envueltos en gracia… un progreso imperfecto.