Quotes about Discernment

Jesus said, "Not everyone is mature enough to live a married life. It requires a certain aptitude and grace. Marriage isn't for everyone. Some, from birth seemingly, never give marriage a thought. Others never get asked—or accepted. And some decide not to get married for kingdom reasons. But if you're capable of growing into the largeness of marriage, do it.

Somehow, though he moves right in front of me, I don't see him; quietly but surely he's active, and I miss it.

It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Luckily for me, I don't depend on seeing every patient who comes through my door to pay the rent, and so if someone is involved in an activity that I don't like, I just don't accept that person as a client.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

Let's get this straight: God is good all of the time. The devil is bad all of the time. We do ourselves a tremendous service to remember the difference between the two.

Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.

Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.