Quotes about Understanding

Oswald Chambers, a man who wrote profoundly and elegantly on prayer, made a radical statement when he said, "The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God." Good heavens—it's not? What then is the purpose? "Prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God." A mighty truth is being uncovered here.

Listen to your own heart and the hearts of the women you know. What is it that a woman wants? What does she dream of?

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

What do you want me to pray for them? Show me what to pray.

We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. (HEBREWS 4:15)

Many relationships fail for the insistence of treating others as problems to be solved, rather than as hearts to be known and loved.

Make no room for offense.

The key to receiving answers to prayers for guidance is to let go of our constant attempt to "figure things out."

Story is how we figure things out, bring order and meaning to the events around us. The story we hold at any given time shapes our perceptions, hopes, and expectations; it gives us a place to stand.

" "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter," says the book.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds.