Rebecca Nichols Alonzo > Quotes

“Forgiveness is the language of heaven.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“Layer upon layer of soft-packed snowflakes settled in near silence, forming a quilt of feathery ice crystals.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“I forgive you.” Those just might be the three most difficult words in the world to say to someone who has wronged you—especially if you mean what you’re saying. Come to think of it, it’s even more difficult to forgive the offender before he or she has asked for forgiveness—and virtually impossible to extend forgiveness to a person who, by all appearances, may never apologize for his or her actions.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“I needed God more than I needed to blame God.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“To my mom and dad, your willingness to pick up your cross and follow Jesus at any cost demonstrated your unquestionable obedience to God’s Word and love for others. Your desire to reach a lost world and bring hope to the brokenhearted continues to be a powerful testimony of God’s unending love.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“The blame game was a game with no winners.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“My sins will not be forgiven by God if I refuse to forgive those who have sinned against me.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“Forgiveness is a choice, she said, not a feeling.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“God is still God even when things don’t make sense. God hasn’t made a mistake yet, so He can be trusted even when my circumstances suggest otherwise. He is the Potter; I am the clay. God is still good even when life is hard.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“If I open my heart to self-pity, anger, grudges, and unforgiveness, I give the enemy of my soul an invitation into a very expensive home—a home purchased by the blood of Jesus.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“I’m the one who remains in jail if I withhold God’s grace by failing to forgive when wronged.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo

“Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. That everywhere I go, You go with me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. My Savior, my Friend, and my soon-coming King: Praise be to You forever and ever.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“At the same time, Momma clung to the conviction that coming to the end of ourselves always brings us to a place where we find Jesus.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“Because we have been forgiven so much, we have an obligation to forgive others.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“If I have trouble forgiving, it might be because I’m actually angry at God, not primarily at the person who wronged me.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven

“If forgiveness is the language of heaven, then forgiveness should be a way of life for me.”
― Rebecca Nichols Alonzo, The Devil in Pew Number Seven