Melba Rosa’s Reviews > Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers > Status Update

“Given their sinfulness, they are shocked to find that their sins cause him to be all the more ready to plunge them into his heart.”

“But when we choose to sin - though we forsake our true identity, our Savior does not forsake us. These are the very moments when his heart erupts on our behalf in renewed advocacy in heaven with a resounding defense that silences all accusations, astonishes the angels, and celebrates the Father’s embrace of us in spite of all our messiness.”

“He knows us to the uttermost, he saves us to the uttermost because his heart is drawn out to the uttermost. We cannot sin our way out of his tender care.”

“It is not our loveliness that wins his love. It is our unloveliness.”

“Jesus does not say those with pain-free lives are never cast out. He says those who come to Him are never cast out. It is not what life brings to us but to whom we belong that determines Christ’s heart of love for us.”

“What elicits tenderness from Jesus is not the severity of the sin, but whether the sinner comes to Him… He knows how to receive us. He doesn’t handle us roughly… He gets down with us, He puts his arms around us… He deals gently with us.”

“The reason Jesus is in such close solidarity with us is that the difficult path we are on is not unique to us. He has journeyed on it himself.”