Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.

The Kingdom of God is an earthly experience which manifests in an unearthly manner.

The most important reason for your __o_ is that you need your downtime so you won__ behave like a jerk because you__e depleted. And you don__ want to battle an appetite spiked by the stress of overcommitment. But that__ your secret; others don__ need that information. So just smile, say no, thank you, and keep moving.

The more deeply one enters into the experience of the sacred the more one is aware of one__ own personal evil and the destructive forces in society. The fact that one is alive to what is possible for humankind sharpens one__ sense that we are fallen people. The awareness of sin is the inevitable consequence of having met grace... This grace-judgment dynamic reveals that the center of Christian life is repentance. This does not mean that the distinguishing mark of the Christian is breast-beating. Feeling sorry, acknowledging guilt, and prolonging regret may be components of the human condition, but they are not what Jesus means by repentance. Repentance is the response to grace that overcomes the past and opens out to a new future. Repentance distinguishes Christian life as one of struggle and conversion and pervades it, not with remorse, but with hope. The message of Jesus is not __epent,_ but __epent for the Kingdom of God is near.

Franny understood then that grace was not like a present. It could not be given, and it could not be taken away.

People will always notice something about you. It might be the way you walk or the way you talk, or just simply your personality. Live each day in the way you want to be remembered. Live in such a way that people will be inspired by those unique qualities that you have and strive to live better lives for themselves.