embracing others Quotes

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

I always say that in life, you should embrace those who want to embrace you.

I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me

The gospel of Christ must always be an open door with a welcome sign for all.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.

Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they're in.

Love does not exclude; it embraces. If we don't love someone outside ourselves, then very simply, we do not love ourselves.

I just believe as a Christian, we are to show love; we are to show compassion to people, not to point the finger, not to do this, but to do this - to love them, to welcome them, to embrace them.

Let us open wide the windows of our hearts, that each family member may feel welcome and 'at home.' Let us open also the doors of our very souls, that the dear ________ may enter. Remember His promise: 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him' (Revelation 3:20).

Adoption has the dimension of connection - not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace. By adopting, we stretch past our immediate circles and, by reaching out, find an unexpected sense of belonging with others.