My calling is to preach the love of God and the forgiveness of God and the fact that he does forgive us.

If I want to be loved as I am, I have to be willing to love others as they are.

Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.

I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being — I will love you no matter.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper, forgive your boss's temper, tolerate your spouse's moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

And if we never agree, can't we agree to disagree? If God can tolerate my mistakes, can't I tolerate the mistakes of others? If God can overlook my errors, can't I overlook the errors of others? If God allows me with my foibles and failures to call him Father, shouldn't I extend the same grace to others? One thing's for sure. When we get to heaven, we'll be surprised at some of the folks we see. And some of them will be surprised when they see us.

Happiness is less an emotion and more a decision, a decision to bear with one another.

It is foolish to harbor a grudge" (Eccles. 7:9 TEV). An eye for an eye becomes a neck for a neck and a job for a job and a reputation for a reputation. When does it stop? It stops when one person imitates David's God-dominated mind.

Because of Calvary, I'm free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love . . . No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness.

Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.

What makes a Christian a Christian is not perfection but forgiveness.