But Then She Remembered Quotes

“If I fail to see Christ in my past, that directly impacts how I honor Him in the present and what story I pass on in the future.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“What if instead of managing our distractions, we considered simply getting clear on what it is we really should be paying attention to?”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is what we believe to be true of Him. Recalling what we believe to be true of Him is how we remember Him. And how we remember God directly impacts how we orient ourselves in the world.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“As believers, we are called to be people who set our minds on things above.16 We are called to remember God and stand firm, and we are called to love God with our minds, which must demand the very attending and memory-making capabilities that He has designed within us. Do you see how this works? He has created us for the very obedience He called us to.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“The task of the Christian is not to whine about the moment in which he or she lives, but to understand its problems and respond appropriately to them.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“We have forgotten what it’s like to know God and remember Him. In the noise and distraction of this world, we have forgotten what He has promised and how that truth transforms.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“We don’t need to manage symptoms; we need to unpack the timeless truth of God’s Word to speak to our current predicament.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“But the greater risk is the reshaping of our souls to mere fragments of their original design—hearts that long to be found in relationship with our Creator, loving Him with all our heart and soul, mind and strength.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“distraction is a drawing or dragging away from that which we intend to focus on. Its impact often feels slight, barely noticeable, hardly a problem, but it encroaches beyond the current moment. Distraction becomes a conditioning, a training of sorts. Our eyes, our minds, and ultimately our hearts, become increasingly fitted and shaped for the drawing away. Distraction is a steady tide pounding the surf and over time, reshaping the shore, reshaping us. In distraction, we concede direction. And like the shore shaping tide, it all happens very gradually.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World

“Relationship with Christ because He said He would make His home with us,1 and often we’re just too busy scrolling, too focused on that to-do list, to even engage with Him. Trust in God because we’re quick to forget His faithfulness in the past and remember He will be faithful in every tomorrow. Connection with others because we have at least fifteen tabs open in our brains even on a quiet day. We’re barely cognizant of all the missed connections. The ability to focus on our work because we are weighed down with worry of every sort. Rest because our brains continue to buzz even when our bodies beg for sleep. Peace because our minds and bodies groan under the stress and strain of constant urgency and we’re quick to forget where to find help. Embracing God’s grandeur right in front of us—the beauty in our homes, the extravagance of creation, and the richness of relationship are gifts we miss when we aren’t really “here” because our minds are somewhere else. Perspective because our emotions roll along with the latest news cycle. We feel desperate—or even worse, numb—when we aren’t presently anchored by the truth of eternity. Our heritage. We’re living one and leaving one—the substance of which will be precisely the sum of what we have spent our days chasing after.”
― Katie Westenberg, But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World