Quotes About Forgiveness

The truth is, we simply cannot continue to invest our energies in our neuroses, our dramas, our resentments, and our fears and think that we are a space for love.

I believe this son represents those of us who are "Pharisees" in our hearts. We keep all the rules, we do everything required of us, and we are faithful and loyal believers. But we lack what our Father cares about most: love, compassion, mercy, grace, and forgiveness.

shalom really means God's perfection. Shalom encompasses all the characteristics of God—His righteousness, His justice, His unfailing love, His forgiveness, His holiness, and yes, His peace as well. Shalom is everything that is inherent in the one God and everything He planned for those He created.

Hatred and anger are not the opposites of love, Tess. They are backsides of the same playing cards. It is easier to flip hostile feelings over and find the love and forgiveness that have been hidden there all along, aching to be found, than it is to produce new feelings.

Make no mistake about it, I do not harbor ill will. My ship of ill will rides boldly across a sea of anger in glorious billowing full sail. "Forgiveness can bring peace.

Grief is healing, so grieve. But regret is poison. No looking back.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

But my heart, thou hast betrayed me deep. You have closed all doors but one and that I slammed in anger.

Kerwick, tú y yo jamás podremos regresar adonde estábamos antes que vinieran los normandos. Entre nosotros se ha cerrado una puerta. Olvida que fui una vez tu prometida. -Ninguna puerta hay entre nosotros, Aislinn —dijo él con amargura-. Sólo un hombre." El bobo y la paloma.

air, and even the rain could not wash the

Yes, it's hard to start seeing your mother as she is, hard to push aside all the resentment and anger that you may feel and see her as another woman. Hard, but worth every bit of the effort.

You sure did break that boy's heart." "I know," Krissa agreed. She didn't mind Jewel saying that. At least someone in this house had been on his side. "But I'm here now." "That's true," Jewel conceded, and the two women exchanged a look. We will help him through this.

If you don't deal with the past, the past deals with you.

For while all forgiveness is the balm of our compassionate Mother, self-forgiveness is needed most of all. Embrace

Dear God, please help me find the strength and love within myself to forgive others so that I may move forward on my path in your service.

FINDING FORGIVENESS : THE EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY OF AMY BIEHL AND HER FAMILY

There is no problem for which the instruction to love more is not the solution.

Remember always this great commandment that Jesus left for us in Matthew 7:1–2: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged.

Forgiveness is the great equalizer. It costs you nothing but buys you everything.

listen just as Jesus listened. With love and understanding. And even, if need be, with forgiveness:' Beth didn't want to tell him, but she was so weary of bearing her secret alone. Even if she

good Christian, Nelly. What else could I do but forgive him? Though my forgiveness was initially hard to give, I admit

don't be so kind to me, she thought. I don't deserve it.

Better to face bravely what God gives, to forget the past and forge on—

The worst of the curses that people inflict on us, the real abuse and terror, can't be forgotten or undone, but they can be put to good use in the new life that one has taken up. It is a kind of death; the lid closes on what went before. But the past is not denied. And we are still here, with all of our talents, gifts, and failings, our strengths and weaknesses. All the baggage comes along: nothing wasted, nothing lost.