#grace

I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#inspirational

Forgiveness wasn’t ever easy, but a feat much more manageable when you weren’t the subject of its grace. Maybe I’d always be a broken recipient of grace. And in that musing, I found rest. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#closure #forgiveness #grace #peace #forgiveness

Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it ↗

— Tullian Tchividjian

#grace #forgiveness

This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He ever had wrapped in our skin. He learned how to walk, stumbled and fell, cried for His milk, sweated blood in the night, was lashed with a whip and showered with spit, was fixed to a cross, and died whispering forgiveness on us all. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#grace #jesus #forgiveness

My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#grace #mercy #forgiveness

No matter how many sins you make or how slow you travel back toward God's valley, you are still way ahead of a person who never made a mistake and doesn't know what it is like to climb out of a pit of shame and rise above their temptations. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#daughters-of-god #forgiveness #god #grace #growth

Maybe people with special gifts show up when bad things are happening because that's when they're needed most. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#jason-grace #special-gifts #the-lost-hero #inspirational

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. ↗

— Xun Zi

#disgrace #honor #inner #must #power

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander. ↗

— John Andre

#british #commander #consider #country #death

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#faith #grace #religion #repentance #timothy-keller