Quotes About Grace

And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His.

time is forever frozen in a loop of the eternal present, while life away from the board comes to seem unbearably fast-paced. They therefore constantly seek to rediscover that state of grace, that nebulous yet limpid condition of dominion, that comes only from concentrating the mind on the game.

I'm just saying, grace is available to all of us if we make it available to each other.

Using your mouth rightly is a vital key that unlocks the blessings of salvation in your life!

How do you separate a tiger's beauty from its ferocity? Or a cheetah's elegance from the speed of its attack? Achilles was like that -- the beauty and the terror were two sides of a single coin.

Don't be impatient with yourself. Just be in awe.

You are not a beggar at the table of life. You are the honored guest.

It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes Or toes. How soles of feet know Where they're supposed to be. I've been thinking about the patience Of ordinary things, how clothes Wait respectfully in closets And soap dries quietly in the dish, And towels drink the wet From the skin of the back. And the lovely repetition of stairs. And what is more generous than a window?

When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.

Every form correctly seen is beautiful.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

God help us and keep us from receiving what we deserve

I see." Her troubled gaze focused on the lock. "And the key would be ... ?" "Gone," he said. "Lost years ago. Not that it matters none. I once seen His Grace kick in a brick wall 'cause he was in a mood for what lay on the other side.

He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up.

Adults are the same way — we often need a little time to adjust to the invitation. But too frequently we give adults only one shot. We think, "Well, I made the invitation and he didn't take it. I tried. It's his choice and I'm done." Instead we need to give them time to respond in their own way. Gracious Space encourages us to make multiple invitations over time.

more perfect than the moon

Jesus' tomb wasn't His grave, but our door.

stooping very low, He engraves with care His Name, indelible, upon our dust; And from the ashes of our self-despair, Kindles a flame of hope and humble trust. He seeks no second site on which to build, But on the old foundation, stone by stone, Cementing sad experience with grace, Fashions a stronger temple of His own.

Perfect love. It means love that goes on doing until there isn't any more to be done, and that goes on suffering until it can't suffer any more. That's why, when Jesus hung on the cross, He said, 'It is finished.' There wasn't one sin left that couldn't be forgiven, not one sinner who couldn't be saved, because He had died. He had loved perfectly.

The cross is the place where we see love made perfect.

Lois, as fresh as paint in a slim black suit which showed off her figure and flattered her skin, the white camellia of a blameless life at the newest, smartest angle, and the latest bit of nonsense adorning the auburn waves of her hair.

Their religion was never something they talked about, aside from offering a brief grace at big meals. They simply tried to abide by the Ten Commandments as best they could, with occasional lapses of racism and prejudice and fractured promises of fidelity.

I realized that aging gracefully was less about grace and more about strength. I had to toughen up.

I have failed, and failed, and failed again,' he said. 'But no amount of failure can move Elyon's hand of affection away from me. It's inescapable. To live boldly for that kind of love is the least I can do.