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We
cannot
get
grace
from gadgets.
J. B. Priestley
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The
way of grace is mysterious. You struggle for it and you do
not
get it. Sometimes, without any struggle, you get it.
Its working is
governed by something beyond all laws. It is not bound
by any rules, regulations, or conditions.
Papa Ramdas
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Grace
is goodness and respect given freely and unconditionally. A sense of divine love and protection bestowed on us when
we need strength and renewal. Grace helps us know we are
not alone and believe we are cared for and cherished. Grace is a drink of clear, clean water in the desert.
Sue
Patton Thoele
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All people
who live with any degree of serenity
live by some assurance of grace.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been
empty.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is a
force, the mechanics of which we do not fully understand,
that seems to operate routinely in most people to protect and to
foster their mental and physical health even under the most
adverse
conditions. The religious have applied to it the name of
grace.
M. Scott Peck
The Road Less Traveled
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Grace is love that cares and
stoops and rescues.
John Stoot
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One of the noblest words
in
our language is "grace,"
defined as
"unearned
blessing." We live by
grace far more
than by
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I find that the one thing
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This is what I have learned:
Within the sorrow,
there is grace.
When we come close to those things that break us
down, we touch
those things that also break us open.
Wayne
Muller
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The growth of grace is
like the polishing of metals. There is first an
opaque surface; and by and by you see a spark darting out, then a
strong
light; till at length it send back a perfect image of the sun that
shines upon it.
Edward Payson
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Grace is but
glory begun,
and glory is but grace perfected.
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strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. . . .
Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our
darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: "You
are accepted."
Paul
Johannes Tillich
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Grace
is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered
into our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin.
Grace is
unity, oneness within ourselves, oneness with God.
Thomas Merton
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The grace of God is in my mind shaped like a key,
that comes
from time to time and unlocks the heavy doors.
Donald Swan
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It
is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to
grace,
it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.
Saint
Augustine
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The winds of grace are
always blowing,
but you have to raise the sail.
Ramakrishna
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Grace, the unmerited favor and love from God,
enters our lives when we don't know how we'll get by.
Susan Santucci
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If
you go near a tree you will get shade; if you go near a fire you
will be relieved of coldness; if you go to the river to drink,
your
thirst will be quenched; if you go near God you will get his
grace.
If you do not go near and do not receive his grace, is it the
fault of God?
Kaivalya Navanitam |
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Let
me describe four practical expectations you can anticipate
as you get a firm grip on grace.
First, you can expect to gain a greater appreciation
for God's gifts to you and others. What
gifts? Several come to mind. The free gift of
salvation. The gift of life. The gift of
laughter, of music, of beauty, of friendship, of
forgiveness. Those who claim the freedom God offers
gain an appreciation for the gifts that come with life.
Second, you can expect to spend less time and energy
critical of and concerned about others' choices.
Wouldn't that be a refreshing relief? When you get a
grasp on grace--when you begin to operate in a context of
freedom--you become increasingly less petty. You
will allow others room to make their own decisions in
life, even though you may choose otherwise.
Third, you can expect to become more tolerant and less
judgmental. Externals will not mean as much to
you. You'll begin to cultivate a desire for
authentic faith rather than endure a religion based on
superficial performance. You will find yourself so
involved in your own pursuit of grace, you'll no longer
lay guilt trips on those with whom you disagree.
Fourth, you can expect to take a giant step toward
maturity. As your world expands, thanks to an
awakening of your understanding of grace, your maturity
will enlarge. Before your very eyes, new vistas will
open. It will be so transforming, you will never be the
same.
Charles
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Grace
is something you can never get but only be given.
There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about
any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and
cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth.
A good night sleep is grace and so are good
dreams. Most
tears are grace. The smell of rain is grace. Somebody
loving
you is grace. Have you ever tried to love somebody? .
. .
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 separate us. It's for you I
created the universe. I love you.
There's only one catch. Like any other gift,
the gift of
grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it.
Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift,
too.
Frederick Buechner |
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God is spreading grace around in the world like a
five-year-old
spreads peanut butter: thickly, sloppily,
eagerly, and if we
are in the back shed trying
to stay clean,
we
won't even get a taste.
Donna Schafer |
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Grace
is not something outside of you. In fact, your very desire
for
grace is due to grace that is already working in you. Grace
is the
Self. It is not something to be acquired. All that is
necessary
is to know its existence.
Ramana Maharshi |
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Within sorrow is
grace. When we come close to those things that
break us down, we touch those things that also break us open.
And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.
Wayne Muller |
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Grace,
like water, descends to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey |
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Claiming
the dark times as Grace is the work most of us
fail to do. That is the reason there is so much darkness.
We need the practice.
K. Bradford Brown |
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The moment of grace comes to us in the dynamics of
any
situation
we walk into. It is an opportunity that God
sews
into the fabric
of a routine situation. It is a chance
to do
something creative,
something helpful, something healing,
something that makes one
unmarked spot in the world
better off for
our having
been there. We catch it if
we are people of
discernment.
Lewis B. Smedes |
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amount of grace which one receives is proportional to the degree
to
which one surrenders. If you surrender completely, then
you will receive enough grace to realize the Self.
Lakshmana |
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Grace is a word which is pregnant with so much
divine power and glory
that it defies definition. In brief, it may be described as
the love and power
of God. Such a love is ever pouring on all mankind, nay, on
all creation,
because this love and power dwells in and permeates
all animate and inanimate objects.
Papa Ramdas |
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Grace
is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it.
If we fail to do our share, but rather choose to rely on self-will
and
self-direction, we shall not only get no help from the graces
bestowed
on us, we shall actually make it impossible for further graces to
be given.
Aldous Huxley |
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Grace comes
into the soul, as the morning sun into the world: first a
dawning,
then a light, and at last the sun in his full and excellent
brightness.
Thomas Adams |
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Grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve,
and mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we do deserve.
Dan
Roberts
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Grace
is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the
light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the
banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.
Thomas a Kempis |
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I
began to comprehend that grace means God accepts me just as
I am.
He does not require or insist that I measure up to someone
else’s
standard of performance.
He loves me completely, thoroughly,
and
perfectly.
There’s nothing I can do to add or detract from that
love.
Mary Graham
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A
high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which
appalling experiences are survived with grace.
Tennessee Williams
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The wind of God’s grace is incessantly blowing.
Lazy sailors on
the sea of life do not take advantage of it.
But the active and strong
always keep the sails of their minds unfurled to catch the
favorable
winds and thus reach their destination very soon.
Mohandas
Gandhi |
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What
is grace? I know until you ask me; when you ask me, I do not
know.
Saint Augustine |
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I
would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace
from which
I could function and give as I
was meant to give in the eye of
God.
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
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