Rich in Mercy

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience - among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved —Ephesians 2:1-5

“Perfect me in love in temptation,

that I may not fear.

Perfect me in love in the battle,

that I may not stumble.

Perfect me in love in the fire,

that I may not fall.

Sustain me with your perfect love

as you pray for me, Jesus;

Uphold me by your right hand.”

Canyon Road : A Book of Prayer By Kari Kristina Reeves

“Mercy and love are rather vacuous concepts, after all. They sound nice but what do they actually mean in my own Monday blues, my Wednesday discouragements, my Friday night loneliness, my Sunday morning boredom?” 

“Christ was sent not to mend wounded people or wake sleepy people or advise confused people or inspire bored people or spur on lazy people or educate ignorant people, but to raise dead people.”

Gentle and Lowly - Dane C. Ortlund