Quotes from Anne Graham Lotz

Wounded people need to repent of their sin.

Sarah blamed her husband for a situation she herself had arranged! It might seem ludicrous if it wasn't so much like what all of us do when we allow our wounds to blind us. That's the most striking characteristic of a blind spot — it can be easily seen by everyone … except ourselves.

Wounded people may not get over their wounds easily or quickly. Wounds can be hard just to brush aside because the wounder says, "I'm sorry.

As I look back on my life, it saddens me to acknowledge that some of my most painful wounds were inflicted by religious people — Gods people.

We need to stop focusing on them and ask God to open our eyes to our own faults.

Turning around is a courageous choice —it's hard to do! It can hurt to take the plank out of your own eye, confront the past, change your focus, die to your pride, admit your wrong, deny your vengeance, face the person, risk another wound. And it takes courage to say you're sorry

Put the brakes on any runaway mental conversations you may be having with those who have wounded you.

Bitterness is like drinking poison hoping the other person gets sick.

pity parties never result in authentic benefit or blessing; they just enlarge, deepen, and intensify the wound by repeatedly exposing it. At the very least, these kinds of discussions with others will keep you focused on your hurts instead of focused on your Healer.

Even if you run from the wounders, you can't outrun God.

God loved Hagar as much as He loved Abraham!

Love is a choice — a decision we make to put the well-being of the other person before our own. And forgiveness is also a decision.