Grace. Quotes
...I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the sun and moon rise or set, or burn through the fog.
I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.
it is contrary to our natural logic that God would choose to use the foolish and the weak to show himself to be wise. We have difficulty seeing how God is praised through our insufficiencies
In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
Pan took the joke good-naturedly, probably deciding it wasn't a good idea to argue with a fifteen-year-old who had just pulled two people up ten feet.
From the first she showed a curious sensitivity to what, I suppose, may be called the 'influences' of the place. She said it 'smelled' of ghosts and warlocks.
Um..." I mumbled, "We wait.""What? Wait? Do you expect them to just come up here to the beach to get some moonlight?" He sneered as he took another bite of the eagle.
New York City is where specks of dust aspire randomly with all their cunning to become grains of sand.
...and yes that was meant to be interpreted in a sarcastic bubblegum tone complete with clapping and jazz hands.
The hands of the clock are ever in the hands of God. It is arrogant to plan without planning for God.
Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.
I don’t care what you meant to do. I really don’t.I only care about what you actually do. That’s important. The rest of it is just a bunch of bull shit.---
To avoid the fall often means living a less-than life.
Perhaps to bring good into the world, she needed to mix a little evil in it first.
There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander.
Jack Kennedy brought an "intense concentration" and a "gently teasing humor" to the dinner table, along with what Katherine Graham called his habit of "vacuum cleaning your brain.
For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not difficult.--Simone de Beauvoir
I don't.""Don't what?" She asked, somewhat puzzled."I don't know many things. The only thing I know is that I know nothing.
There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest it seems is an interest in life good bad or peculiar.
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest it seems is an interest in life good bad or peculiar.
Go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize after something's been done than to get permission ahead of time.
I know what you're doing, though.""I'm glad somebody knows what I'm about, because I seem to have lost my own grasp of it entirely.
God is committed when we are submitted! Surrender whatever you're holding onto!
Even though I may feel unsafe and unacceptable, I am accepted in Christ.
The crimson thread of God's love that weaves its way throughout the story of His mercy in our life, stands out against the backdrop of the darkness which invades any valley.
May the fullness of God's love and His mercy shine as treasures to be found in every horizon.
Life is about trusting, loving, growing and healing even in the hurts which can occur.
The mirror of humanity always reflects the need for a Savior.
You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons.
Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
There's something scary, knowing that in Florida, someone can pick you up in a car and drive you to 50 states. Back home, it's like, 'Girl, you're 15 minutes away.'
