Quotes About Redemption

If we can see the true seriousness of our sin, we will no longer object to God's supposed severity but marvel at His mercy.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.

This sort of thing happens with leopards, which is why Dr. MacElroy has big cats in the first place. It started with Rocky, a lion who was brought to him with virtually every bone in his body broken—"pathological fractures caused by rickets." There was a bobcat with a similar story, and Cinder's mother was another. Dr. MacElroy fixes them up, and that's how they become his pets.

Even with tortured minds and broken spirits, even bound to the Surface, they ached for God's presence. It would be like being drawn back into the womb. It would be rest. It was the only real redemption there was.

Love isn't just worth remembering and saving. True love is what saves us all.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.

The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty is solved by redemption of the soul.

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.

The evil of one murder is infinite, and my guilt is like my beauty - eternal. I cannot be forgiven, for there is no one to forgive me for all I've done.

The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.

The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.

One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially the failures.

It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

Everybody just needs a second chance.

Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance.

Perhaps the greatest gift we can offer each other is a second chance.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.