Our handful of sand

• I feel like I’ve had a lot of quotes lately about our sinful tendencies, so I thought the one I read in today’s “Daily Lives” might provide some much-needed perspective.

  As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God. Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of His creatures.

  – St. Isaac the Syrian

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• Michelle Melania 05.24.2008
  

  Good quote! Thanks for sharing it.

• s-p
  

  I love this guy!

• Grace
  

  s-p:
  LOL. I bet the saints in heaven don't get to hear that nearly often enough.

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