Leniency of God

"When you fail to measure up to your Christian privilege, be not discouraged for discouragement is a form of pride. The reason you are sad is because you looked to yourself and not to God; to your failing, not to his love. You will shake off your faults more readily when you love God than when you criticize yourself.... You have always the right to love him in your heart even though you do not love him in your acts.... Do not fear God for perfect love casts [out] fear.  God is biased in your favor.... God is more lenient than you because is perfectly good and, therefore, loves you more. Be bold enough, then, to believe that God is on your side, even when you forget to be on his."

           -Fulton J. Sheen, Lent and Easter: Wisdom from Fulton J. Sheen