Quotes About Acceptance

Most people would be full of questions," said the youth. "It's the nature of innocence to question, the nature of duty to accept." "And it's the nature of age to be too sure of itself.

I did that because I was trying very hard. To fit in. To be one of the gang. I wanted to have a place so much that I did things I didn't really want to do.' He glanced at Joan. 'I've got a place now, I know who I want to be. I've grown up. I'm sorry that I gave you the wrong advice.

It's not like there's a vote on what's real," said Judith. "It don't matter what either of you believe, the world just gets on with it.

A happy and healthy child is one who is loved without reservation and understood without judgment. But to fully understand, accept, and appreciate our child's uniqueness, we must first come to know who he or she really is. Discovering our child's inborn and innate personality is the first, crucial step.

He never mocks your weaknesses or throws your sin in your face. He never gets tired of you or gives up on his relationship with you. He doesn't ask you to earn what you can never deserve, and he never makes you feel guilty for needing his good gifts. His love isn't conditional and his grace is never temporary.

Whatever sits on the other side of your "if-only" is where you are looking for life, peace, joy, hope, and lasting contentment of heart.

You will treat the weaknesses and failures of others with grace when you humbly admit that you're more like them than unlike them.

When someone who knows you points out a sin, a weakness, or a failure, are you thankful?

God's grace frees you from having to deny your weaknesses.

Midlife doesn't introduce you to a new you; it forces you to admit who you have been all along.

His love for you is never a result of your character; it is a clear demonstration of his.

On your very worst, most rebellious, and most faithless day, you can run into the holy presence of your heavenly Father and he will not turn you away. Your acceptance has not been, nor will it ever be, based on your performance.

I've accepted the fact that I'm going to be a sad man for the rest of my life because I get calls all the time of the saddest things that are happening in the church.

Suffering causes us to scan our lives and face the fact that we control very little. So we mourn not only our suffering but also what it has forced us to admit about ourselves. Our loss of the illusion of control also adds to the fear that accompanies suffering.

Let yourself be humbled by how little you know and how few things you are able to do.

We need more than acceptance or practical strategies for change. We need the forgiveness, deliverance, and empowerment that only God's grace can give.

His discipline, therefore, is never the result of his rejection, but the fruit of his acceptance.

As much as we try to make sense of our lives, there are things that we simply aren't able to understand.

biblical faith—that is, true faith in the existence, presence, promises, and provisions of God—never requires you to deny reality in any way. It is not biblical faith to try to convince yourself that things are better than they actually are. It is not biblical faith to work to make yourself feel good about what is not good. Biblical faith looks reality in the face and does not flinch.

Jesus faced separation from his Father in the here and now so that we would know the Father's acceptance now and for all eternity.

He did what you could never do so that you would be welcomed into the arms of a righteous God and be fully accepted even though, in reality, you are anything but righteous. How can God accept you and not compromise his own righteousness? He can do this because Christ's righteousness has been credited to your moral account. Now, that's amazing grace!

It really does take grace to know how much you need grace.

The world of envy no more mixes with the world of grace than oil does with water.

most people who are angry with God are angry with him for being God. They