#mercies

I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable. ↗

— Eugene Forsey

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Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past received. ↗

— John Sheffield

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Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. ↗

— Christopher Love

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...there began to come to her a first dim realization of God's humility. Rejected by the proud in His own right by what humble means He chose to succor them; through the spirit of a child, a poor gypsy or an old man, by a song perhaps, or even it might be by the fall of a leaf or the scent of a flower. For His infinite and humble patience nothing was too small to advance His purpose of salvation and eternity was not too long for its accomplishment. ↗

— Elizabeth Goudge

#humility #tender-mercies #love

The Steadfast Love of the Lord is not Seasonal; His Mercies do not have winter or summer days... They are new every now and then. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

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I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude. ↗

— William Banting

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