Quotes About Grace

He was beautiful, and careful, and had a smile that could make the devil spit with envy.

The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop.

And she had the most appealing of feminine virtues, especially in a queen. She's easily led.

You don't need a reason to forgive," she says. "If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.1 —II TIMOTHY 1:7

God, help me let go of my need to deprive myself of being alive.

Today, God, help me to know that it is okay to allow myself to be human. Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart.

Stop picking on yourself, worrying if you're good enough, wondering what people will see if you let them see your heart. This is what they'll see: that you are a lovable and delightful soul, a beautiful child of God.

Today, I will watch myself and listen to myself as I go through my day. I will not judge myself for what I'm feeling; I will accept myself.

Even God cannot change the past. —Agathon

Forgiveness is wonderful. It wipes the slate clean. It clears up guilt. It brings peace and harmony

Inventory Focus: Instead of berating yourself for not knowing something you don't or can't see, are you willing to be gentle with yourself while you wait for clarity?

we're not always ready to receive God's love. And we're not prepared to accept that it comes in a variety of ways. Often when we least expect it, God's love can show up in the form of something or someone we aren't happy to see-something or someone we want to push away or even run from. And, let me tell you, God's love can make us downright uncomfortable at times.

Our Lord reminded his disciples to show hospitality. He said there could be times when they might help or bless a stranger and in reality be blessing him. Be mindful of this as so many of you open your homes to family and loved ones and life becomes somewhat hectic. Perhaps it is in those moments, when all is not going smoothly and well, perhaps that is the very moment when you might discover the Lord is right there in your midst.

Melody Carlson

Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!

I'm going to be just as nasty as you are—but I'm going to do it with more style.

He wants to give Himself for us each moment of our lives just as completely as He gave Himself on the cross. We have nothing to give Him; we have only to receive of Him!

Thereon were seated in a hundred decorative attitudes, or stood immobile like carvings, or walked superbly across their sapphire setting, interweaving with each other like a living arabesque, a swarm of snowwhite cats.

waar de weelde zich met welbehagen in het ordelijke spiegelt (...)

Being competitive is healthy. But needing to win is a sign our identity is rooted in our achievement. It is very hard to lose (or win) with grace if we 'need' victory. The truth is that when we lose, we show our character.

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. JOHN 10:10

Everyone always warms to people who can laugh at themselves. It's human nature - and the best jokes are always against ourselves. It shows character, humility and grace.

What a delight to have such a handsome couple before me, Miss Swan, Mr. McNeal. You must both