Quotes About Grace

They hugged, pressing each other's arms, and their brief embraces buoyed them up - forbearance and grace passing back and forth between them like a piece of shared clothing, designated for use by whoever needed it most.

Grace had suspected her daughter of being a lesbian. Why else would Agnes have broken off with a perfect match like John Manning? Squandered opportunities were perverse. Oh, that voice, still in Agnes's head.

Being happy means you've decided to accept the imperfections and get on with it anyway.

Death is beautiful the way you are

I notice the fatigue of flowers weighed down by light

they say the herons used to hang like lamps here giving off gloom

All his beauty, wit and grace Lie forever in one place, He who sang and sprang and moved Now, in death, is only loved.

On the cross, leadership dies. On the cross, success dies. On the cross, skills die, and excellence dies. All of my strengths—nailed to the cross. All of my weaknesses—nailed to the cross. All of my yearnings for bigger and better, for anything other than Christ himself—nailed to that same cross.

Christian spirituality is not a life project for becoming a better person." —EUGENE PETERSON

You don't want modesty," Maya Angelou once said. "You want humility. Humility

Well, Hem, all's well that ends well, but it almost ended very badly. Almost in disaster." Hem looked down, and his cheeks flushed. Cadvan patted his shoulder. "I forgive you for almost getting us killed, or worse," he said.

You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none

My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.

What will bring us into line with His compassion and send us joyfully on His mission? Simply this: to understand that we are no better than anyone else—no less deserving of His wrath and no more deserving of His kindness. As it demonstrates the mercy of God, the cross humbles our hearts and fills them with the same compassion and grace that took His Son to Calvary.

It's never too late for repentance. With God's help we can chart a new course and set our sails in the direction of obedience to God.

She wanted the best for her enemy, rather than hoping for the worst. This is remarkable. How could she do this? Because presumably, in the face of her emptiness and the sadness of being separated from her family, she had turned time and time again to her loving God and His promises.

We, too, could easily forget that the good news is not a message of "Do your best, and be good enough!" but rather "Your best is never enough—but Jesus is.

The bride eyes not her garment, But her dear bridegroom's face; I will not gaze at glory, But on my King of grace; Not at the crown He giveth, But on His piercèd hand: The Lamb is all the glory Of Immanuel's land.

O violet-haired, holy, honeysmiling Psapfo

Meu Deus, eu me arrependo, perdoai-me.

Cristo vino y dijo: Volved bien por mal. Dijo más: "No os resistáis al mal que os quieran hacer; "sí os hieren en una mejilla presentadles la otra".

perdonar las ofensas es reconocer que uno se vuelve mejor. Perdonad, pues, amigos míos, a fin de que Dios os perdone, porque sois duros, exigentes, inflexibles, y si además tenéis rigor por una ligera ofensa, ¿cómo queréis que Dios olvide, cuando todos los días tenéis gran necesidad de indulgencia?

May the Lord bless thee and keep thee. May the Lord be gracious unto thee. May the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.

Thank you. You're a kind person. It doesn't cost anything to be kind. People forget. Kindness doesn't cost a dime.