Quotes About Mercy

Here is the lesson: Great men and women of God are not exempt from hurt and offense. Instead, enduring the wounds of fellow Christians with mercy and grace seems to be the call of every true saint, and we should not expect it to be any different in our own lives.

forgiveness, of course, coming only from one source. The church.

The anger of Jesus was never directed at those who were great sinners, but at those who seemed not to be.

There wasn't anything wrong with these dogs. I wanted to take them all home with me. The whole damn warehouse of misery. Just strap it to my back and get the fuck out of the way.

Sympathy among kin emerges from the overlap in genetic makeup that interconnects us in the great web of life. Sympathy among everyone else emerges from the impartiality of nature: each of us may find ourselves in straits where a small mercy from another grants a big boost in our own welfare

The God of the Hebrew Bible, ever merciful, told the first woman, "I will multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.

El Dios de la Biblia hebrea, siempre misericordioso, dijo a la primera mujer: -Tantas haré tus fatigas cuantos sean tus embarazos: con dolor parirás los hijos-. Hasta hace poco tiempo, en torno a 1% de las madres morían en el parto; para una mujer estadounidense, estar embarazada hace un siglo era casi tan peligroso como tener cáncer de mama en la actualidad.

There is no sin so profound, no despondency so low, no misery so abject, but the love of Christ is deeper.

The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.

Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

God does not love us because we are hard or easy to love, He loves us because He is God.

Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

It is true that there is nothing too great for God's power; and it is just as true that there is nothing too small for His love.

Ancient wisdom offers . . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.'

God's love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there.

You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

The Word says God don't give us credit for lovin the folks we want to love anyway. No, He gives us credit for loving the unlovable.

Forgiveness is choosing to love.

All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.

God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.