Where Do We Deserve To Be?

"The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting Himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices Himself for man and puts Himself where only man deserves to be."

- John Stott

Not Ugly

"And when it comes to things that are beautiful in any obvious way, she still refuses to call them ugly. To her, ugly is just a word people use for things where the beautiful chooses to remain hidden."

- A quote from Beautiful by Billy guest-posting on Hey Look, A Chicken! (Fabulous post. Be sure to go read the rest.)

God's Grace

"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace, and your best days are never so good that you're beyond the need of God's Grace."

- Unknown

There is Still Good to Come

"I’m learning that in wrong, even in the worst of all betrayals there is still a good to come, that forgiveness is God’s way of reclaiming the wrong in the world.

It allows the person whose job it is to forgive the chance to grow and change. The wrong, even as evil as it is, can be redeemed in the heart of the forgiver."

- An excerpt from Except Forgiveness by Sarah Markley on her blog The Best Days of My Life (An excellent post! You must go read the rest.)

What Defines You?

"I like to believe that a person is not defined by how big a splash he makes in the world, but rather by the laughter preceding the cannon ball."

- A quote from Marty Duane on his self-titled blog