Quotes about Understanding

But in a compromise, both people need to sacrifice something for the sake of the other person, and hopefully they'll both be happy with the outcome in the end. You're giving up being a pastor, but I'm not sure what exactly Caroline will be giving up.

but he knew that Hashem revealed His will through His Word.

If you truly understood the holiness of God, you would have a proper attitude about yourself.

But it is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.

When we seek God, we see God.

Truth has a powerful way of interrupting our runaway feelings if only we'll get it in front of us.

Why did this happen? Because there's someone else in the world who would drown in their own tears if not for seeing yours.

My counselor says, "Adults inform, children explain." I will state my boundaries with compassion and clarity. But I will not negotiate excuses or navigate exceptions with lengthy explanations that wear me down emotionally.

Our disappointments in ourselves—in our lives—aren't just isolated pieces of evidence that we fall short and life is hard. No, they are the exact places where we can break secrecy with fellow humans and show up to say, "Me too. I get it. I understand. You aren't alone. Together, we can find our way home.

The Bible reminds us that on the other side of humility we find wisdom

Relationships don't come in packages of perfection; relationships come in packages of potential.

Don't we get into God's Word so it can get into us? So that it can interrupt us, change us, satisfy us? How sad to simply settle for learning facts about the Bible when it was meant for so much more