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“It is a beautiful offering to Me when you lay down your judgement and choose compassion. When you love others the way I love you, when you hold back the consequences they could have deserved, and when you treat them the way you’d like to be treated, the you shall receive mercy as well.” Mercy Book:A Beautiful Offering: Returning God's Love with Your Life Source: A Beautiful Offering: Returning God's Love with Your Life
“Remember that I have been a legalist. We are the ones who throw stones. We are quick to judge without knowledge. We feed rumors and incline our heads to hear more. We label the messy people and gossip about the sinners and shake our heads in disgust. And when you have been a legalist in ministry, it’s not pretty. And it’s not ministry. And it couldn’t possibly be what the Jesus had in mind when He said, “Go and teach them about me.” Mercy Author:Angela Thomas
“When our God who is Mercy comes like a shout into your darkness, when the Father stoops down and tenderly picks up the pieces of your broken life, when Jesus steps in front of what you could have deserved, and when the the Lord of Heaven says, “I still want you,” after you thought no one would, it is the most amazing truth of all. I have been overwhelmed by this lavish kingdom gift called Mercy.” Mercy Book:A Beautiful Offering: Returning God's Love with Your Life Source: A Beautiful Offering: Returning God's Love with Your Life
“Do you really love me? means, Will you accept me in process? Will you embrace what is different about me and applaud my efforts to become? Can I just be human - -strong an vibrant some days, weak and frail on others?...Will you love me even when I disappoint you?” HumansMeanDifferentStrongProcessEffortAcceptingWeakEmbraceDisappointFrailAccept Me Author:Angela Thomas
“We all pretend for a while or for a lifetime. But pretending is not living...I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain. To choose living over pretending means that we will know both.” KnowsBelieveMeanSometimesPainJoyI BelieveBreathsLifetimePretendingSheerSevereSheer JoySevere Pain Author:Angela Thomas
“May you and I run in such a way to receive the prize of gold when we run the race of passionate faith.” WayMayRunningRaceGoldPassionatePrize Author:Angela Thomas
