Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of perspective in understanding the significance of different aspects of life.
Corrie Ten Boom's quote highlights the necessity of perceiving life with balanced perspective, urging individuals to properly assess what is truly significant compared to what is less important. By learning to distinguish between great and small matters, one can navigate life more effectively, focusing on what genuinely deserves attention while not getting overwhelmed by trivial concerns.
In practice
In a motivational speech about time management, one could use this quote to highlight prioritization.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in Godβs work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil - not the strength to choose between the two.
Maybe it'll stop you trying to be so desperate about making more money than you can ever use? You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.
Knowledge born of the finest discrimination takes us to the farthest shore. It is intuitive, omniscient, and beyond all divisions of time and space.
I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.
I'm not perfect, ... But i'm enough
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