Quotes About Redemption

The Bible is a love story that begins with a divorce. Everything from the third chapter of Genesis through the end of Revelation is the story of a betrayed lover wooing us back into His arms so we can enjoy the love of family forever.

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth" (1 John 1:8). It seems God leads us through failure toward maturity, rather than doing whatever is needed for us to move past ongoing failure.

Sin has corrupted not only what we do, but also how we think, what goals we set, and how we feel about ourselves and others. Merely changing what we do will not change who we are. The cure for the selfishness and fear that control so much of what we do cannot be reduced to shallow solutions; we need to learn how our minds deceive us.

Several times in his life he had felt an intense desire to start over, to somehow turn back the clock of his life to a point where he might, if he were careful, avoid the many mistakes he had made the first time around.

Earlier in his life he had done many foolish things in order to convince himself that he was not worthless

They say he missed that whore.

When you're willing to do the work, it's amazing what can be saved.

I don't deserve a second chance, but sometimes when someone doesn't, that's exactly when you need to give them one.

If I hadn't forgiven him, I would have given up an entire life with him. Our family. All the good things. I was rewarded for forgiving him

When you're willing to do the work, it's amazing what can be saved.

Be careful what you give up...because eventually, you get it back any way you can.

Esa niña estaba destinada a perderlo todo para encontrarlo todo, porque solamente alguien que se vacía puede ser llenado de nuevo.

Paris was a good place to fight your demons.

He felt her draw a little shuddering breath, and then a wet tumble of water on her cheek. She whispered, "God forgive, Jervaulx—that I sh'dovethee." That I should love thee. It broke the spell that held him. Had she said that? He pushed back, gazing at her.

Sometimes you have to destroy things, even people, in order to save them. (7)

A victim soul is a pious individual chosen to absorb the pain and suffering of others.

Money doesn't spend in hell, Wilkes. The devil deals in a different coin.

God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.

Money doesn't spend in hell, Wilkes. The devil deals in a different coin.

creeping dread that comes when you know you've been in the wrong and have no idea how to make it right again, because you weren't aware of having done anything wrong in the first place.

la vida misma es inefable, ineluctable, y sin duda trágica, redimida sólo en la medida en que la redención es posible a través de la risa, que se burla del misterio; del amor, que lo acepta; y del arte, que lo recrea.

I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else.

He inhabits now that part of himself Which lay formerly desolate and uncolonised. - Mark of Patmos

Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to be sad about.