Quotes About Grace

To receive graciously is an art that cannot be faked. If it is more blessed to give than to receive, it is much harder to receive than to give. We receive ungraciously out of pride, feeling that we don't need anyone's help, handouts, or charity, or out of some sense of discomfort. These are all ego reactions, and there is no need to have them once you realize that the giver is never the giver, just as the receiver is never the receiver. Both stand in for spirit.

Upon Waking Let Your First Thought Be, "Thank You

God, Alex loved me. He truly did. I just hadn't learned that time is elastic: it stretches and gives, far more graciously than it probably should, and then one day, when you least expect it, something simply ruptures, and you sheltered life is done.

Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.

The world is God's salvation.

Modesty is the citadel of beauty.

For the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look 30.

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

Happiness is the experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

Always Represent Yourself In The Finest Of Light. *Be Balanced *Be Brilliant *Be Beautiful

Yes, it's true. I love you always! But more importantly, Jesus loves you best!

He can handle all your emotions. Every last dark and wretched thought. He already knows about them anyway.

It was kind of cool. That God cared so much about both of them. That He took two hurts and spread His healing touch over both of them with one simple stroke.

Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies....

This great unknowing is part of their holiness.

The Avowal As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them; so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit's deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding grace.

When will you rest? Even in the heat of battle. I tell you, rest does not always look like a hammock stretched between two trees on a lazy summer evening. Rest can mean looking to Me and My grace even as you swing your weapon. Rest is simply being with Me. "I promise you this: I will be with you every step of the way. I will hold you together when you feel that you could fall apart. And I will be there to celebrate with you when at last your battles are at an end." Even

Grace, I suddenly understood, is a gift of freedom, of a full liberation from one's self. It does not ask that anyone or I deny ourselves; in fact, grace becomes a way of moving closer to who one is, but by a route that does not depend on one's will but on the will of God. And it visits one in love. Love liberates in its gentle but powerful force.

Lord God, I acknowledge that I have sinned against You. I am sorry for this, and I now choose to change my ways—please help me to do so. I gratefully accept Your forgiveness and Spirit in my life. I thank You that I am now Your child. I will serve You for the rest of my life and for eternity. In Jesus's name, amen.

à mon avis, un homme qui traite chaque femme comme une princesse royale est une preuve vivante absolue que lui-même est né et a grandi dans les bras d'une reine.

An epitome of the whole of life lies right in front of us, in the perpetual processes of re-oxidation and de-oxidation of the Hydrogens, within a single drop of water....that's also the essence of life on our Planet Earth and the Universe, by God's Grace.

Be magnanimous, and forgive your enemies, but never forget their actions.

Beauty, Elegance, Grace and Truth in the Universe don't lie outside, but are always inside - within the brilliance of our mind and the brightness in our heart. Always maintain it, rekindle it, and never let it fade away or die. The dichotomy of life is that we must seek Beauty, Elegance, Grace and Truth within first, so as to understand the outside that is often without.