Sabbath Keeping

~ bridge between Spain and Portugal ~

"But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God." ~ Nehemiah 9:31 ~

"The quality of mercy is not strain'd

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: is twice bless'd;

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

"Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes

The throned monarch better than his crown;

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty,

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings,

But mercy is above this sceptered sway,

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,

It is an attribute to God himself,

And earthly power doth then show likest God's 

When mercy seasons justice ... we do pray for mercy,

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

The deeds of mercy."
~ William Shakespeare ~

"Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." ~ C. S. Lewis ~


"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." ~ Winston Churchill ~

"Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great..." ~ II Samuel 24:14 ~











Blessings ~ mercy ~ grace ~ peace ~ justice ~ forgiveness ~ freedom ~ honor ~ duty ~ hope ~


Grace and Peace,
Sandra