“Justice is getting what you deserve.
Mercy is not getting what you deserve.
And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift”
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Mercy is not getting what you deserve.
And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift”
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“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
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“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there's a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she's gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
Footsteps UCC: Page Walkers
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Page Walkers is NOT a stuffy book club, or a traditional church book club. Page Walkers IS a gathering of everyday people who love reading and discu ...more
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