Quotes about Release

At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor, Rick McKinley, happened to spell it out in a sermon. He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable.

Depression, I've learned, is sometimes caused by anger that we keep locked up inside.

When you forgive someone, you make a choice to cancel the debt he owes you.

Forgiveness releases to the Lord your need for them to be punished or corrected, giving it to the only One who can do this with right measures of justice and mercy.

Those who cooperate most fully with forgiveness are those who dance most freely in the beauty of redemption.

simple but very profound truth, "How can you let God down when you weren't ever holding Him up?

Forgiveness isn't an act of my determination. Forgiveness is only made possible by my cooperation.

With that said, maybe it's time to release back to God what we can't change so we can discover what He has for us now.

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside.

I know the weight of carrying more than I should. And usually it's because I've refused to release something before taking on something else. If I want to choose a Best Yes, it's crucial I make room for it first. Otherwise, a Best Yes can quickly become a stressed yes. And a stressed yes is like snow on a tree that refuses to release its leaves. It causes cracks and breaks at our core.

What numbs us imprisons us.

When I pull into the driveway at the end of the day. I don't have to leap from the car; I can take a moment. I turn the engine off, sometimes lay my head down on the steering wheel, and just breathe. I try to let go of the day.