Quotes About Reflection

Humility means the willingness to look in the mirror of God's Word and being glad that whatever we see there has already been covered by the blood of Jesus.

It's a tragedy when we praise God for his grace on Sunday and deny our need for that grace the rest of the week. Face

Today you will spend solitary moments of conversation with yourself, either listing your complaints or counting your blessings.

Inspection means that we invite people to step over the normal boundaries of leadership relationships to look into our lives to help us see things that we would not see on our own. It means inviting fellow leaders to watch for our souls.

We all tend to want to think we are more righteous than we actually are.

in the heart of a sinner, awe of God is very quickly replaced by awe of self.

It's hard to grasp, but try; there will be a day when you will look back at this huge and horrible thing, and it will look to you like a little thing. As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:16–17, "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.

You see, you and I only ever really understand the painful trials of this moment when we look at them through the lens of eternity.

Si no reconoces tu pecado, no valorarás la gracia. Si no valoras la gracia, no buscarás el perdón y el rescate que esta provee.

Consideración. ¿Qué quiere Dios que la persona vea? Confesión. ¿Qué quiere Dios que la persona reconozca y confiese? Compromiso. ¿A qué nuevas formas de vida está llamando Dios a esta persona? Cambio. ¿Cómo deben aplicarse estos nuevos compromisos a la vida diaria?

Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information we provide to them must reflect our highest aspirations and ideals, and not just be some crazy person's bizarre politics or religion.

Wasn't this rugged business of taking your life apart, looking at all of it and admitting and remembering and reminding yourself of all the bad - wasn't the big result of it your getting to be honest? "Exactly that," said Ferguson.

Ik of hij, vanop een afstand ben ik hij, teruglopend word ik ik.

Ik leef niet, ik zit hier en kijk, terwijl ik schrijf zie ik, ontdek ik wat ik tevoren niet wist, ik vind stukjes van een puzzel waaraan ik misschien mijn hele leven zal werken, nooit komt het legwerk klaar want het verleden wisselt voortdurend van gedaante volgens het heden (dat niets anders is dan de kop van dit verleden) en de toekomst (die morgen de kop van dit verleden zal zijn).

Als je Proust gelezen hebt, is je leven veranderd.

Smellin' the beefaloes and leanpigs turnin' on their spits, holding a cold cheer-beer in my hand, watchin' the stars poppin' out one by one like random pixels on God's antique monochrome display, listenin' to the joyful chatter of my fellow gips, contemplatin' the easy job ahead of me, I was as near to heaven asI have ever been on this mostly sad ol' earth.

I don't have any ill will toward anybody, except for maybe the people...yeah, the people.

I never read. It prevents me from thinking.

We have looked into the pit and confronted whatever has glared back.

We often think about small decisions more than we need to and about big decisions much less than is optimal for our happiness, such as spending days looking at what colors to paint the walls but only a couple of hours visiting the house we buy.

You can also trust your own experiences more than your projections.

You are good at making sense of most life events in ways that enable you to move on.

I array the moonlit ceiling with a mosaic of question-marks; How was it I was so lucky to have ever met you?

The best gift of the desert is God's presence.