Quotes about Forgiveness

Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive."1

At some point we must stop: 1. Replaying what happened over and over. 2. Taking what was actually terrible in the past and tricking ourselves into thinking it was better than it was. 3. Imagining the ways things should be so much that we can't acknowledge what is.

No need to bend under the weight of past mistakes. That kind of bending breaks us.

But weeping with them and rejoicing with them does not mean trying to take control of their out-of-control choices and behaviors. We can forgive them. But we cannot control them. And we should not enable them.

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.

I only needed to bring my willingness to forgive, not the fullness of all my restored feelings.

God's eyes are on me. His face is not against me. And even if others appear to be against me, I must make sure in my reaction to them that I extend grace and honor God.

God made us For Giving. God made you For Giving. God made me For Giving.

grace is such a crazy notion to the heart of the one rejected. But if we will step over the hurt feelings and turn from the box of bitter rot, we are then free to pick up the box of sweet, pure lilies.

It's necessary for you to not let pain rewrite your memories, and it's absolutely necessary not to let pain ruin your future.

But Jesus doesn't refuse to reach out to us in the middle of hurts and heartbreaks and mess-ups.

What happened yesterday can't be changed, but it can be forgiven. That's your miracle in the mess.