“I see arms and hands and tear-stained faces...
Reaching up but not quite touching the promised land...
I hear pleas and prayers and desperate graces,
Saying Oh Lord, please give us a helping hand...”
Source: Cherokee Mist: The Lost Writings
“When the eternal God looked at my record and said, “Michael is found guilty, the penalty of his crimes is death and his crimes must be paid for in hell,” Jesus didn’t just sit there pleading for my forgiveness saying, “Please forgive Michael. Please have mercy on him.” No, He made a case for me and got a verdict on my behalf. He took the penalty on Himself and fulfilled everything that the law required.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“I'll wait for you, Rosie, I swear it. I'm in it for the long haul. I want all your tomorrows. Every single one you're willing to give me.”
Source: Not in My Book
“Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing.”
“Hearts grow hard and weary. Pain spreads, and joy diminishes. Those who hated you hate you still, but those who loved you, or would have loved you, or wanted to love you but never had the chance, are being scraped hollow by a loss they don't understand. Come home. Please come home. We are withering without you.”
Source: Dark Whispers
“I know how it fees to plead. I know how it feels to wish someone would give you a chance to help them.”
Source: Stunned
“Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“I think all the politicians in Brazil use God. They always present themselves as the defenders of God. This is because power searches for its legitimation starting from God, religious legitimation. (Carlos Mesers, p. 123)”
Source: The Struggle Is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation
“Life is not a race but a pace we need to maintain with reality.”
“I believe that modern life is moving too fast. A bullet travels quickly, but it usually comes to an abrupt and fatal end.”
Source: A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3