The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.
Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
Javert: It's a pity the law doesn't allow me to be merciful.
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Practice mercy and forgiveness throughout as a lesson that symbolizes the love shown through his crucifixion.
Hidup itu seperti air mengalir saja. Tapi, kalau bisa mengalir yang deras. Batu pun kadang bisa menggelundung , kalah dengan air yang deras. Itu menangnya orang yang tidak punya cita-cita tinggi sejak awal. Hidupnya lebih fleksible. Karena tidak puny...
I couldn't believe his arrogance. I turned away hoping to ignore him enough so he'd just leave. "Just give me five minutes," came Flynn's muffled voice through the closed window. I ignored him. He'd caused me way too much trouble. "Mercy, just crack ...
You don't need to retire to a cloister or the desert for years on end to experience a true dark night; you don't even have to be pursuing any particular "spiritual" path. Raising a challenged child, or caring for a failing parent for years on end, is...
and when love came to us twice and lied to us twice we decided to never love again that was fair fair to us and fair to love itself. we ask for no mercy or no miracles; we are strong enough to live and to die and to kill flies, attend the boxing matc...
Election has nothing to do with the eternal salvation of individuals but refers instead to God's way of saving nations. It was a major mistake of the Reformation to have decided to follow Augustine in this matter, taking election to refer to grace an...
Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them. Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it was at first. "A dog?" asked Zee, staring at my necklace. "A lamb," I said defensively, tucking it safely ...
Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its ...
Everybody slips up becaues we're not perfect; that's what mercy is for.
Discord says it's a good idea. That's comforting.
What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?
Mercy reflects the presence of the Lord in your heart and your life.
You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.
The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone.
