In His love and in His pity He redeemed them. --ISAIAH 63:9
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. --PSALMS 103:13
GOD only knows the love of God: Oh, that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart; For love I sigh, for love I pine; This only portion, Lord, be mine, Be mine this better part. --CHARLES WESLEY
DON'T measure God's mind by your own. It would be a poor love that depended not on itself, but on the feelings of the person loved. A crying baby turns away from its mother's breast, but she does not put it away till it stops crying. She holds it closer. For my part, in the worst mood I am ever in, when I don't feel I love God at all, I just look up to His love. I say to Him, "Look at me. See what state I am in. Help me!" Ah! you would wonder how that makes peace. And the love comes of itself; sometimes so strong, it nearly breaks my heart. --GEORGE MACDONALD
He does not love us because we art so lovely, but because He always loves what He pities. --ELIZABETH PRENTISS
