There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.
Joel OsteenRead
Maybe you’ve invested a lot of time, effort, money, emotion, and energy in a relationship; you did your best to make it work out. But for some reason, things got off course. And now you feel as though you have been robbed. When we focus on or disappointments, we stop God from ringing fresh new blessing into our lives.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Investing in relationships can lead to feelings of loss when they fail, but letting go allows for new blessings.
In this quote, Joel Osteen expresses the idea that while we may pour significant resources into a relationship, outcomes can still fall short of our hopes, leading to feelings of betrayal or loss. However, dwelling on our disappointments can hinder us from recognizing and accepting the fresh opportunities and blessings that life may present, suggesting that embracing change and moving forward is essential for personal growth.
Themes
RelationshipsBlessingsDisappointmentGrowthLetting Go
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about overcoming heartbreak and moving forward.
More from Joel Osteen
All quotes →When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.
Joel OsteenRead
Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.
Joel OsteenRead
I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.
Joel OsteenRead
Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
Joel OsteenRead
Closed doors are a test of our faith. Keep moving forward, being your best, living with determination and faith. When you do, you'll see amazing changes all around you.
Joel OsteenRead
Similar quotes
Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.
Emily PostRead
The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.
Helen MirrenRead
Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
HippocratesRead
She realized for the first time that two people can never reach each others deepest feelings and instincts, that they spend their lives side by side, linked it may be, but not mingled, and that each one's inmost being must go through life eternally alone.
Guy De MaupassantRead
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.
Jonathan SacksRead
It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.
John IrvingRead