“Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny because it's outside our accepted boundary of decorum. Something is funny because it defies our expectations. Something is funny because it offers a temporary reprieve from the hardship of seeing the world as it actually is. Something is funny because it is able to suggest gently that even the worst of our circumstances and sins is subject to eventual mercy.” WorldAbleSinSeeingWorstSubjectsCircumstancesOffersNormalStandardsExpectationsMercyInsightAcceptedBoundariesHardshipTemporaryExceedSeeing The WorldVelocityDecorumReprieve Author:Steve Almond
“Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a khali is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.” IfsTodayAsksSidesPowerfulJudgingCircumstancesHusbandMercyDivorceAgreementVery PowerfulSaudis Author:Basmah bint Saud
“But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.” CircumstancesGoodnessMercyBelieverFaithfulGoodness Of God Author:John Calvin
“I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.” ShowsLostDifficultCompassionExampleCircumstancesMercy Author:Muhammad Ali
“Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ Our Lord, He had conferred on my beloved country in her emancipation and on myself in permitting me, under circumstances of mercy, to live to the age of 89 years, and to survive the fiftieth year of independence, adopted by Congress on the 4th of July 1776.” YearsCountryAgeJesusChristLordCircumstancesBlessingJesus ChristMercyIndependenceGratefulCongressBelovedAlmightyAdopted4th Of JulyOur LordJulyEmancipationAlmighty GodBeloved Country Author:Charles Carroll of Carrollton
“Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their day-to-day drudgery of disability routines; but when hurting families place themselves under the shower of God's mercy, suddenly the clouds part. They realize there's hope, life, and even joy beyond their suffering.” PeopleFeelsJoySufferingRealizingHurtCircumstancesDespairMercyCloudsDisappointmentStuckDisabilityShowersDay To DayNo HopeDrudgery Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“He sighed. " I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?" "No.” ThinkingCircumstancesMercyApology Book:Silver Borne Source: Silver Borne
“There are a lot of memories we imagine. We play them over and over in our minds, trying to orchestrate our movements and words to perfection. Or maybe it's just that I've lived inside of my head more than any other person in the history of the world. Maybe none of us can really predict how we will act at any give moment. Maybe we're all at the mercy of circumstance in spite of our well-laid plans.” WorldGivingTryingMindWellsPersonsPlayMomentsMemoriesImaginePlansMovementCircumstancesPerfectionMercySpiteWorld History Author:Mary E. Pearson
“Be true in your relationship with the Sovereign Creator, for He is the greatest one with whom you could relate in all your affairs and states. Know that He cares for those who turn to Him; relieves difficulties for them; is there for them in every circumstance, condition and change; and He shelters them in His Mercy, Grace, Pardon and Forgiveness.” KnowsStatesCareTurnsGraceConditionsCircumstancesMercyDifficultyAffairCreatorBeing TrueRelateOur RelationshipShelterSovereignPardon Author:Habib Umar bin Hafiz
“It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before God. These are some of the laws of nature which every man in the world is bound to observe, and which whoever violates exposes himself to the resentment of mankind, the lashes of his own conscience, and the judgment of Heaven. This plainly shows that the highest state of liberty subjects us to the law of nature and the government of God.” MenWorldStatesDoneShowsGovernmentWould BeLawHeavenWalksLibertySubjectsMankindWillingDutyCircumstancesJudgmentHighestConscienceMercyBoundsEvery ManEndeavorResentmentLaws Of NatureLashes Author:Samuel West
“When we think we’re at the mercy of our circumstances and past, we discount the power that is ours through the Holy Spirit.” ThinkingPastSpiritCircumstancesHolyMercyHoly SpiritDiscounts Author:Beth Moore
“A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always act on their feelings, and think it only right. The will is then left at the mercy of circumstances that evoke feelings. Christian spiritual formation today must squarely confront this fact and overcome it.” PeopleThinkingFactsFeelingsTodayChristianSpiritualLyingLeftCircumstancesMercyOvercomingDisasterContemporaryOrganizedFormationEvokeSpiritual FormationContemporary Life Author:Dallas Willard
“Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be imagined that ever He should, after this, deny or withhold from His people, for whose sakes all this was suffered, any mercies, any comforts, any privilege, spiritual or temporal, which is good for them.” PeopleIfsShouldSpiritualTearsSonCircumstancesComfortMercyMiserySakePrivilegeDenySparesStrokesSigh Author:John Flavel