“My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice layeth on, and Mercy blows the coals;The metal in this furnace wrought are men's defiled souls.” MenSoulJusticeLove IsFireMercyShameBlowSmokeFuelBreastsMetalsAshesCoalSighScornThornsFurnaces Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon.” OrderLove IsWeaponsConcernedDestructionMercyEndureDoctrineWord Of GodTolerateDisputesMercifulToleration Author:Martin Luther
“Isaiah 55 provides an entirely different framework for thinking about God's justice, because it suggests that we have it backward - the mystery lies not in God's unfathomable wrath but in his unfathomable mercy. God's ways are higher than our ways because his capacity to love is infinitely greater than our own. Despite all that we do to alienate ourselves from God, all that we do to insult and disobey, God abundantly pardons again and again.” ThinkingWayDifferentLyingJusticeLove IsGreaterMysteryHigherCapacityMercyDespiteInsultAgain And AgainWrathFrameworkPardonUnfathomableCapacity To Love Book:Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions Source: Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
“Life's sunniest hours are not without The shadow of some lingering doubt-- Amid its brightest joys will steal Spectres of evil yet to feel-- Its warmest love is blent with fears, Its confidence a trembling one-- Its smile--the harbinger of tears-- Its hope--the change of April's sun! A weary lot--in mercy given, To fit the chastened soul for heaven.” FeelsSoulJoyEvilGivenHeavenHoursLove IsSunDoubtTearsFitShadowMercyStealingWearyAprilTremblingLingeringHarbingerSpectre Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“A man in love ... is the master, so it seems, but only if his lady friend permits it! The need to interchange the roles of slave and master for the sake of the relationship is never more clearly demonstrated than in the course of an affair. Never is the complicity between victim and executioner more essential. Even chained, down on her knees, begging for mercy, it is the woman, finally, who is in command ... the all powerful slave, dragging herself along the ground at her master's heels, is now really the god. The man is only her priest, living in fear and trembling of her displeasure.” IfsMenNeedsSeemsCoursesWomenLove IsPowerfulRolesHe ManMastersEssentialsMercyVictimSlaveAffairSakeCommandKneesPriestsPermitHeelsBeggingTremblingChainedComplicityExecutionersDispleasureInterchangeLiving In Fear Author:Anne Desclos
“Christmas represents love and mercy. It was ushered in by the star of hope and remains forever consecrated by the sacrifice of the cross. Christmas holds its place in the hearts of men because they know that love is the greatest thing in the world. Christmas is celebrated in the true spirit only by those who make some sacrifice for the benefit of their fellow men.” KnowsMenWorldHeartSpiritStarsLove IsForeverSacrificeBenefitsCrossesMercyFellowsRemainsFellow Man Author:Newt Gingrich
“There is no place in the kingdom of heaven for a divided heart. It is in the division that love is lost; and to lose My love, My child, is to lose what cannot be regained. For a loving heart is a vessel of light and mercy. It is a receptacle into which I pour My grace. It is untarnished by avarice and indifferent to the call of worldly ambition.” HeartChildrenLightLostHeavenLosesLove IsGraceAmbitionMercyKingdomsMy ChildrenDivisionDividedIndifferentWorldlyVesselAvariceKingdom Of HeavenLove Is LostLove My ChildrenDivided Heart Author:Frances J Roberts