#mercy

So how does God affect justice in this life/economy/reality? A lightening bolt, an angel of death, or by the hand of a human being?" ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#justice-without-mercy #law #morality #r-alan-woods #death

Anna woke with the wonderful feeling bad sleepers have when they know they have slept well. As if they have stolen something and got away with it. At these times the memories of what led up to such deep sleep keep their distance for a few seconds and those few seconds are perhaps the only time the world can ever be said to show mercy. ↗

— James Meek

#mercy #sleep #love

...I fear that some of us understand just enough about the gospel to feel guilty--guilty that we are not measuring up to some undefinable standard--but not enough about the Atonement to feel the peace and strength, the power and mercy it affords us. ↗

— Sheri Dew

#gospel #guilt #mercy #peace #religion

Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#apology #mercy #sorry #mercy

Balsa seemed invincible, endowed with powers no other warrior could match, but in her profile he could glimpse the shadow of a young girl, hurt and buffeted by a cruel and hopeless fate. If he had never experienced what it was like to be at the mercy of fate himself, he would not have noticed, but now he could see it with unbearable, heartrending clarity. ↗

— Nahoko Uehashi

#girl-warrior #love-hurts #mercy-of-fate #strong-women #women-s-strength

To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mercy, a fatherly expression of love. ↗

— Scott Hahn

#god #love #mercy #love

The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus is the love of God. "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father. ↗

— Alexander MacLaren

#mercy #love

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#love #mercy #love

Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-loving #grace #helping-people #high-school #kind-women

Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#comfort #gratitude #inspirational #mercy #peace