Quotes About Redemption

People are poor not just because of their sins; they are poor because of our sins (and people are rich because of our sins). On the wall of New Jerusalem is a sign that reads, "We cannot fully recover until we help the society that made us sick recover.

This grace does not undo a tragedy or pardon a wrong, but it becomes the first step toward a more hopeful future.

Grace gets the last word.

Augustine said, "The church is a whore, but she's our mother." The early Christians said that if we do not accept the church as our mother, we cannot call God our Father. We are not to leave her, but we are to work for her healing, as we would with a dysfunctional parent. Our work is not "para-church" but "pro-church." The church needs our discontent, and we need the rest of the body of Christ.

So for those of us who have nearly given up on the church, may we take comfort in the words of St. Augustine: "The Church is a whore, but she's my mother." She

I once heard a pastor say, "The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown." I

Leo the Great preached, "Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the incarnation. From the time when Christ came, the ancient slavery is ended, the devil confounded, demons take to flight, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error driven out, truth has been brought back, and the speech of kindliness diffused. A heavenly way of life has been implanted on the earth.

If I should fall from grace with God Where no doctor can relieve me If I'm buried 'neath the sod But the angels won't receive me Let me go, boys Let me go, boys Let me go down in the mud Where rivers all run dry

Because of Jesus, I am stronger than I ever thought possible, and my relationship with Him is stronger than ever. I choose forgiveness because my great God has chosen to forgive me.

Undoing a wrong is greater than doing a right.

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Daughter stealer.

We live in the in-between space—between when all that was right went wrong, and when all that is wrong will be made right again.

That's what God does. He doesn't try to cover up our flaws; He starts from scratch and makes us new.

Redención significa que el dolor ha sido tratado y cambiado tan radicalmente que no sólo pierde la capacidad de hacernos daño, sino que también obtiene el poder para hacer algo bueno"1.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

The promises of the future cannot undo the harm of the past.

I have learned to forgive the unforgivable. My hope is that as I share my journey, you too will learn to do the same.

Life has a way of evening out the injustices it has created.

Red is all right, I thought to myself. Wherever and whatever he is or will be, he is all right. It is I who must be made well. There's a hole inside me that will have to be filled up. And an aching that will have to grow less.

If you find yourself right now in a place where you are heartbroken, I want to remind you that Christ is very close to the broken. Our culture throws broken things away, but our Savior never does. He gently gathers all the pieces, and with His love and in His time, He puts us back together.

Christ knows all that is true about our story, the parts we own and the parts we would delete, and He invites us to bring them all into the spotlight of His grace.

Lord Jesus, Your love is beyond my understanding but I believe it's true. Right now I offer You my shame, the filthy rags of my past. I choose to step out of this storm of condemnation and into Your peace. Thank You for loving me and for making me worthy, In Your great name, amen.

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. (Colossians 2:14–15)