Quotes about Forgiveness
The Lord is forgiving, but sometimes life is not forgiving.
— Gordon Hinckley
She thought she had been saved by his love for her, and in part she had been. It had cleansed her, never casting blame. But that had been only the beginning. It was loving him in return that had brought her up out of the darkness.
— Francine Rivers
All the way back, she had imagined him gloating and taunting, rubbing her face in her own broken pride. Instead, he knelt before her and washed her dirty, blistered feet. Throat burning, she looked down at his dark head and struggled with the feelings rising in her. She waited for them to die away, but they wouldn't.
— Francine Rivers
Why did you come for me?" "You're my wife." "I left the ring on the table! I didn't steal it." "That didn't change a thing. We're still married." "You could've just forgotten about it." He stopped and glared at her. "It's a lifetime commitment in my book, lady. It's not an arrangement you nullify when things get a little tough to bear.
— Francine Rivers
Tell me how on God's green earth we can dare offer salvation to a dying world when we're so busy shooting our own wounded.
— Francine Rivers
Lord, forgive me. You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy. Help me. Open my heart and mind so that I will love her as you have loved me.
— Francine Rivers
How could a woman who had an abortion not feel guilt or some sense of remorse? How could she justify what she'd done? Whom else could she blame when everyone was telling her it's her choice? Without facing the truth and confessing it, how could she be forgiven Who could she be restored? How could she be free?
— Francine Rivers
I loved her, Lord. I loved her enough to die for her, and she did this to me. Maybe she's beyond redemption. How do you forgive someone who doesn't even care enough to want to be forgiven?
— Francine Rivers
Regret drives us to repentance, and repentance leads us to God.
— Francine Rivers
Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. HOSEA 6 : 1
— Francine Rivers
Hatred is the enemy, Hadassah. Not the people.
— Francine Rivers
He will forgive you, but he won't remove the consequences... We must learn to obey
— Francine Rivers