Atonement Quotations 소설 & 이야기

His eyes looked hungry when he saw me. "Come here Michael," he said quietly. "Tonight we finish your penance properly." I walked up the steps until I stood right in front of him. The altar felt cold under my hands when I touched it. Father Elias opened the Bible and turned to a page he had marked. He read the verse in his deep calm voice. "Romans 6 verse 13. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness."

The words hang there, settling like dust after a storm. Midnight. We’re under the covers, tossing names back and forth. Amon breaks the quiet. “Samuel,” he says. The word hangs there. He adds that it translates to someone God listens to “Samuel Kato. I like it. Samuel Amon Kato.” “After me?” “After you. Because you’re the reason I had the courage to try again.”

“I want you all to listen to Pastor John now as he leads us in scripture and prayer at this time in history. This is a momentous occasion that should be remembered and cherished. Pastor John, the stage is yours.” The pastor stepped up, held up his bible and said, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, and by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image, Genesis 9:6. These evil people shed the blood of man, and now we will send them to God for their righteous punishment. Pray with me, moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.” Rancid shook his head in disgust. “I think he’s cherry picking scripture, I hat

I said, going down on my knees. I felt very guilty realizing how bad I must have made them feel. “ It's alright, Angel. The most important thing is that you atone for your mistakes. ” “ Yes, Sweetheart. Stop doubting the people around you! The Lord has placed them in your life for a reason! They love and adore you! They definitely aren't out to get you, alright? ” “ Okay, Mom. ” “ Remember, We both love you and will always be there for you, Kay? ”

I knew I had to be careful with whatever I thought of, whenever I found myself in her presence. “We are almost there, just a little more patience my dear Tonye…just a little patience.” She said as she squatted very near the wash hand basin and beckoned me to do the same. Right there under the wash hand basin, was another ‘blasphemous’ inscription: ‘Money answereth all things’ – Ecclesiastes 10:19. At that moment, the whole room, the presence of the goddess and everything in it seemed to weigh me down with a kind of force I couldn’t explain. It was too overwhelming to bear.

Green asked herself. The unread book on her hand since before, Green smiled at it, especially at quotation written on the cover. "For those who have been hurted in the past," stated the quotation. From the very first glance, the novel has intrigued her. Green laughed at herself, her past was not beautiful, she had a lot of bad memories, and to get to this point it was not easy for her. The gratitude she had expressed to herself was a form of appreciation for her enduring to this day.

"God's a wonderful man, All of you will agree with me this God of ours doesn't take something good without something better in return," he beamed one of those contagious smiles he ever owned, "he is the way, the truth and the light. He keeps not a record of our sins. Can somebody say a big Amen to that?" "Amen," Came the congregational chorus.

What's happened had happened. Though it hurts, they just have to accept the fact that their beloved was no more... They had to affect the fact that, no matter the number of tears they shed... She'll never come back... " The word of the Lord says in, the book of Matthew Chapter 5 verse 4. * Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. * " The priest's words rang in their ears... This didn't comfort them but made them cry harder... " The book of 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17, says * Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

His intense gaze flicks to mine very brief then he reads on, his voice stroking my ears: “Morsus detur non in dominatione, sed in devotione. Flamma respondeat non in destructione, sed in restauratione.” “The bite must be given not in dominance, but in devotion. The flame must answer not in destruction, but in restoration.” I suck in a sharp breath as his finger traces the last sentence. “Cum ambo partes meminerint se olim unum fuisse, maledictum frangetur sicut vitrum sub lunae luce.”

Their time together lessened, but their bond only deepened. They cherished what they had, every second of it, as though fate might snatch it away again. --- One evening, while organizing books in the library, Arthur found an old copy of Augustine’s Confessions. The book was worn and dusty, but as he flipped through it, a torn paper slipped out. It was a prayer scribbled in delicate handwriting: “Lord, if ever I am found worthy of joy again, let it be a joy I can share, not hoard. Let my love be pure, not penance.”