Anne Lamott

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#fundamentalism #god #humor #idolatry #spirituality

I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#inspirational

I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#sacrilege #jesus

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#grudges #revenge #spite #forgiveness

A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#marriage

It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #faith

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#love #parenting #love

Laughter is carbonated holiness. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#inspirational #laughter #humor

You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith