#grace

We preach grace, but we don’t always practice it. We talk about God’s mercy, but we don’t always want the people who need it most to know it or get in on it. We say we are in the redemption business, but the door to that redemption is often locked by us from the inside. We say, “Come in! All are welcome!” but “all” is often marked with an asterisk. How, I ask, can the world change – how can heaven come to earth – if we stingily protest against God for his grace to others, grace we have freely received ourselves? How can we pray “thy kingdom come,” and be resentful toward God and those he allows to enter the kingdom in his way and his timing? ↗

— Ronnie McBrayer

#business

Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#fantasy-lover #grace #sherrilyn-kenyon #death

And I’m not spying! I’m evaluating!” “It’s the same difference! ↗

— Kim Harrison

#difference #evaluating #grace #madison #spying

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day. ↗

— Barack Obama

#day #every #every day #find #flawed

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. ↗

— Charles Olson

#europe #grace #life #still #which

Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#created #everywhere #god #grace #orientation

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. ↗

— Og Mandino

#constantly #graces #i #improve #manners

Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God. ↗