We should…think that God leads a very interesting life, and that he is full of joy. Undoubtedly he is the most joyous being in the universe. The abundance of his love and generosity is inseparable from his infinite joy. All of the good and beautiful things from which...
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever...
We do not live by faith in God’s intervention. We live by faith in God’s grace when there is no intervention. from When God Interrupts
The first way in which a soul is united with God is through salvation, solely by grace, This is followed by a period in which a saved soul comes to know God through a series of experiences, some of which bring it into closer union with him and some take it further...
Grace means there is nothing I can do to make God love me more, and nothing I can do to make God love me less. It means that I, even I who deserve the opposite, am invited to take my place at the table in God’s family.
And ultimately forgiveness is a gift of grace rather than an act of will. I have to be willing to forgive, but I cannot will myself to forgive. I can forgive with my mind, but forgiveness is finally a matter of the heart. And the forgiveness of the heart comes from...
In the end, forgiveness is a form of divine healing. As we embrace divine forgiveness in our lives, our memories and our actions—our lives—are transformed and made whole. To forgive is not only to affirm our value as God’s beloved children but also to recognize that...
Extend your forgiveness. If you have been forgiven by God, the there is room for you to forgive another human being. If God has forgiven you, then there is a wellspring of mercy from which you can draw and give to someone else. No one has offended you more than you...
So, the question is not, “Will we sacrifice our children?” The question is, “To which god, upon which altar will we sacrifice our children?” We are all busy sacrificing our children to some god, laying their lives upon some altar. So the question is not if we shall be...
Stand in awe of the Creator? Again, we find that the practical nature of millions of teenagers renders them more likely to stand in awe of the natural talents of Michael Jordan, the physical strength and grace of Shaquille O’Neal, the dexterity of Eddie Van Halen, and...