Quotes about Redemption
It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born." That line came back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in the face of not having a clue.
— Anne Lamott
Forgiveness and mercy mean that, bit by bit, you begin to outshine the resentment.
— Anne Lamott
It all made me think of Eugene O'Neill's line, "Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.
— Anne Lamott
God makes a way out of no way.
— Anne Lamott
The good news is that God has such low standards, and reaches out to those of us who are often not lovable and offers us a chance to come back in from the storm of drama and toxic thoughts.
— Anne Lamott
The last word will not be our bad thoughts and behavior, but mercy, love, and forgiveness.
— Anne Lamott
Topsy-turvy is often a symptom for the presence of God--the last become first, the hungry are fed, the obnoxious are welcomed.
— Anne Lamott
Sometimes God will take you to a prison to set you free.
— Sheila Walsh
But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept.
— Sheila Walsh
Grace isn't about "fair," but about the outrageous, radical love of God.
— Sheila Walsh
The Greek word for salvation, sozo, means 'to save and to heal.' Christ wants nothing less for each of us. He wants nothing less for you. Christ continues to work in our lives - long after we come to faith - as He exposes the broken places where we have lost hope, inviting us to bring all of it to Him.
— Sheila Walsh
Those who have been touched by forgiveness and new life and have thus entered into God's rule become, like Jesus, bearers of that rule.
— Dallas Willard