He thanked God for the chance to change, the chance to be part of his family, the chance to love and be loved and make mistakes.

God, I want a new job and I don't want to go to jail," Tony prayed. "But I know there are consequences to my actions. I know what I did hurt people. I've hurt my family. I hurt my employer. And I thank You for forgiving me and grabbing hold of my heart and not letting me go any further toward things that would have destroyed me.

You can go to work and actually make someone else's job less miserable. Use your job to help others.

You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.

Talk like an ambassador (Eph 4:29-30). 1)Consider the person (only what is helpful for building others up) 2) Consider the problem (according to their needs) 3) Consider the process (that it may benefit those who listen)

No matter how you spin it, forgiveness is costly. Regardless of how big or small the offense, canceling a debt and absorbing the cost is going to hurt. But the parable shows us that not forgiving also has a price, and it is higher than the price forgiveness demands.

And then she knew. Her friends and neighbors were angry at her because she had overstepped, given too much, offended them by excess.

Forgiveness is first and foremost a decision. It doesn't begin with an emotion. It is not contingent on how you feel

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges; it doesn't make any sense to do it.

Have you ever been betrayed? Have you ever been cut to the bone, stabbed in the back? Have you ever given someone your whole heart only to find out they used your heart to beat you with it? Have you ever laid down your life for someone? Have you ever served with reckless abandonment and in return got back a list of things that you failed to do?

I was beginning to learn from my grandfather that love covers a multitude of sins and that I was more important to him than his stuff.