Quotes About Redemption

I wanted another drink; I wanted another bottle; I wanted to drain the river Lethe till I was ready to be born again.

White blossomed magnolias and cheery songbirds avoided the Red District of Hallden, as had prosperity and hope.

As a girl rebelling against my father's dogma, I had scoffed at Job for accepting God's consolation of a new wife and new children. But I, most Joblike, when Giles was dead, embraced Kit, and when Kit conveyed that he was not coming back, it was the messenger himself, Ahab, whom I immediately loved. If Mother and Liberty were gone, then here was Susan to unburden me of love. Not to be loved but to love lightened my load of grief and gave value and direction to my life.

The seeds of salvation are buried in every act of evil.

Cinta kasih sejati sanggup menerima manusia-manusia yang kotor dan compang-camping.

Aku merasa Yudas tidak lebih dari boneka malang yang dikorbankan demi kemuliaan drama kehidupan dan kematian Kristus.

Akan tetapi andai pun dia dianggap mengkhianati mereka, dia tidak mengkhianati Tuhan-nya. Dia mengasihi Tuhan-nya kini secara berbeda. Segala sesuatu yang telah terjadi sampai saat ini memang harus terjadi untuk membawanya kepada kasih yang seperti ini. 'Sekarang aku pastor terakhir di negeri ini. Tetapi Tuhan Kita tidak bungkam. Andai pun Dia bungkam selama ini, kehidupanku sampai hari ini sudah cukup berbicara tentang Dia.

Tonight, he said, we shall get quietly and thoroughly drunk...in memory of all that was lost. And on the morrow, I begin the struggle to win it back.

Do not fret, lad. Priests expect you to keep on sinning, do not care as long as you keep on confessing, too. In fact, I would think they prefer it that way, for if there were no sinners, why would we need them?

Cristo es en quien están escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabiduría y del conocimiento.

Sometimes God will take you to a prison to set you free.

But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept.

Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. Isaiah 43:1–2

Grace isn't about "fair," but about the outrageous, radical love of God.

The Greek word for salvation, sozo, means 'to save and to heal.' Christ wants nothing less for each of us. He wants nothing less for you. Christ continues to work in our lives - long after we come to faith - as He exposes the broken places where we have lost hope, inviting us to bring all of it to Him.

I used to joke about the fact that I crammed eighty years of guilt into the first twenty years of my life. It

He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.

And I'm to blame for that. I made that mess. Because I am the Amateur of Forgiveness.

We all justify our sins, venal or mortal.

If you have any care for Sin at all, don't leave him in darkness. It's not fair to show someone the sun and then to banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone - Acheron (Devil May Cry)

Trust me, baby. Everyone wants someone they can hold and love. Someone who will be there to help pick up the pieces when everything falls apart. Sin is no different from anyone else. If you have any care for Sin at all, don't leave him in the darkness. It's not fair to show someone the sun and then banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone. (Acheron)

And as I recall, you told me to shut up. (Acheron) I'm an asshole. I admit it. I've been going to weekly Assholes Anonymous meetings, but it takes a long time to undo a few thousand years of habit. And to think you have even more years to undo than me. (Zarek)

Because I don't feel broken when you look at me. (Acheron) How could you feel broken? (Tory) I was shattered as a child and thrown away, like a piece of trash no on wanted. But you don't treat me like that. You see in me the human bit and you touch that part of me. You make me feel whole and wanted. (Acheron)

Don't cry for me, Grace. I'm not worth it. (Julian) Yes you are! (Grace) You are my saving Grace. Without you, I would never have known love. And I would never have known me again. (Julian)