Stevie Smith Quotes

I marvel to think that the Son of God would condescend to save us, as imperfect, impure, mistake-prone, and ungrateful as we often are. I have tried to understand the Savior's Atonement with my finite mind, and the only explanation I can come up with is this: God loves us deeply, perfectly, and everlastingly.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.

I just want people to know out there no matter what they've done, God doesn't judge us on how many sins. God is there for us. He loves us. He wants us to turn it over to Him.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

Our God is a forgiving God.

I'm telling you, God loves a lot of people.

There is one person that I have learned always sees the beauty in us, and that's our Savior Jesus Christ.

God is love.

Yes, I'm a miserable, wretched sinner, but He loves me. And to Him, I'm His child, and I can walk in that love and that understanding.

I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.

Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.

But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour, and his forgiveness, was meant for them all, and for all their sins. The mercy and love of God are at work even in the midst of his enemies. It is the same Jesus Christ, who of his grace calls us to follow him, and whose grace saves the murderer who mocks him on the cross in his last hour.

You can't go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now.

Mercy. That is the gospel. The whole of it in one word.

A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth.

The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough.

I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the grace of God.

There are no unforgivable sins.

The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself.

Catholics should be proselytizing about a God who is love, who represents a hereafter where there's no hell, who wants you to lead a life where you can confess your sins and feel much better afterwards. Those are lovely concepts of God.