“Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured His glassy essence--like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens, would all themselves laugh mortal.” MenLittlesPlayHeavenLaughingProudAuthorityAngelEssenceAngryTricksIgnorantMortalsFantasticSplitsAssuredApesMercifulOaksBoltsProud ManSpleenMyrtle Book:Measure for Measure Source: Measure for Measure
“The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting..." (Luke 15:7). In his brokenness, the repentant prodigal knew an intimacy with his father that his sinless, self-righteous brother would never know.” KnowsSelfFatherHeavenBrotherGuiltConvictionOccasionsIntimacyLiberationEncountersSinnerRejoiceRighteousRepentMercifulBrokennessLukeSelf RighteousRedeemingProdigalsSinfulness Book:The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“Have confidence in the compassion of our Creator. Reflect well on what you are now doing, and keep before you the things you have done. Lift up your eyes to the overflowing compassion of heaven, and while He waits for you, draw near in tears to our merciful Judge. Having before your mind that He is a Just Judge, do not take your sins lightly; and having also in mind that He is compassionate, do not despair. The God-Man gives man confidence before God.” MenGivingMindWellsDoneEyeChristianHeavenWaitingSinCompassionTearsJudgingDespairDrawsCreatorLiftsOrthodoxCompassionateMercifulHave Confidence Author:Pope Gregory I
“The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the Kingdom of Heaven. And everyone who comes there comes through repentance, which the merciful Lord has given us through His sufferings.” PeopleInspirationalChristianSufferingGivenHeavenReligiousSinLordSaintKingdomsOrthodoxRepentanceMercifulKingdom Of Heaven Author:Silouan the Athonite
“It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when he came down to earth, he became the opposite... sweet, gentle merciful, forgiving. He was a thousand billion times crueler than ever he was in the Old Testament... Meek and gentle? By and by we will examine that popular sarcasm by the light of the hell which he invented.” HardLightEarthHeavenHellSweetThousandOppositesForgivingBillionsGentleSarcasmJealousTestamentMercifulOld TestamentMeekDown To EarthResentful Author:Mark Twain