Quotes About Mercy

These are the last words of Iuliu Maniu, a Christian and the former Prime Minister of Romania, who died in prison: "If the Communists are overthrown in our country, it will be the most holy duty of every Christian to go into the streets and at the risk of his own life defend the Communists from the righteous fury of the multitudes whom they have tyrannized.

God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love

Don't you think that if God can supposedly forgive you, it's kind of egotistical for you not to forgive yourself

Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn't waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it.

Jesus says, he "did not come to judge the world, but to save the world" (John 12). We can name Jesus, orient our lives around him, and celebrate

Is God our friend, our provider, our protector, our father—or is God the kind of judge who may in the end declare that we deserve to spend forever separated from our Father? Is God like the characters in a story Jesus would tell, old ladies who keep searching for the lost coin until they find it, shepherds who don't rest until that one sheep is back in the fold, fathers who rush out to greet and embrace their returning son, or, in the end, will God give up?

Of course Jonah is angry. When you haven't forgiven someone who has wronged you and then something good happens to them—when they are blessed or shown mercy or experience favor—it's infuriating.

Please don't think that my actions have been an attempt to earn redemption, or that what I've told you is a plea for mercy. I deserve to die.

Forgiveness and thanks go hand in hand.

Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...

Baik untuk memaafkan, lebih baik lagi untuk melupakan.

Joseph was left for dead by his jealous brothers, yet he rose to power in Egypt. Having the opportunity to punish those same brothers years later, he instead showed unconditional love, embracing and helping them before they ever repented.

Forgiving is a choice. It is a gift given to someone who doesn't deserve it.

Grace doesn't sell; you can hardly even give it away, because it works only for losers and no one wants to stand in their line.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

While a friend expects more and more favors, and seethes with jealousy, these former enemies expected nothing and got everything. A man suddenly spared the guillotine is a grateful man indeed, and will go to the ends of the earth for the man who has pardoned him.

only to be sent tealess to bed seemed infinite mercy to him. Officially tealess, that is; for, as was usual after such escapades, a sympathetic housemaid, coming delicately by backstairs, stayed him with chunks of cold pudding and condolence, till his small skin was tight as any drum.

Lord, help me forgive those who sin differently than I." When

Lord, help me forgive those who sin differently than I.

Just as has been given; showing mercy, showing grace, showing peace, longsuffering, brotherly love, kindness—even under the most trying circumstances. For what is the gain if ye love those only that love thee? But to bring hope, to bring cheer, to bring joy, yea to bring a smile again to those whose face and heart are bathed in tears and in woe, is but making that divine love shine—shine— in thy own soul! 987-4

It's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.

I know that in the end, God will forgive me. He will forgive your father, me, and you too. I hope you can do the same. Forgive your father if you can. Forgive me if you wish. But most important, forgive yourself.

Menyakiti seseorang adalah salah, bahkan walau orang itu jahat. Karena mereka tidak tahu jalan yang lebih baik, dan karena orang-orang yang jahat pun bisa menjadi baik.

Father used to say it's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good." "Not