Joanne

“People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim ~ but that doesn't lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.”
― Darlene Ouimet

“My pastor had told me that forgiveness doesn’t mean justifying or condoning what he did, but it would begin the process of freeing me from the past, and it would offer a lost person the opportunity for redemption.”
― Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World

“Justice delayed is not necessarily justice denied. There will come a day when God will settle accounts and people will be held responsible for the evil they’ve perpetrated and the suffering they’ve caused. Criticizing God for not doing it right now is like reading half a novel and criticizing the author for not resolving the plot. God will bring accountability at the right time—in fact, the Bible says one reason he’s delaying is because some people are still following the clues and have yet to find him.15 He’s actually delaying the consummation of history out of his great love for them.”
― Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

“Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?”
― Pierre Troubetzkoy