Quotes About Reconciliation

Fourth, agree to seek an explanation before passing judgment. If you are angry with your spouse, your first impression is that his behavior is wrong. But you should always take this as tentative until you hear his side. We often misinterpret the words and actions of our spouses.

Our words are like medication to a sick relationship. There is healing, and it often begins with words of affirmation.

Then Peter came to him and asked, "Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?" "No, not seven times," Jesus replied, "but seventy times seven!" —Matthew 18:21–22

When I have been wronged by my spouse and she has painfully confessed it and requested forgiveness, I have the option of justice or forgiveness. If I choose justice and seek to pay her back or make her pay for her wrongdoing, I am making myself the judge and she the felon. Intimacy becomes impossible. If, however, I choose to forgive, intimacy can be restored. Forgiveness is the way of love.

If I choose justice and seek to pay my spouse back or make her pay for her wrongdoing, I am making myself the judge and her the felon. Intimacy becomes impossible. If, however, I choose to forgive, intimacy can be restored. Forgiveness is the way of love.

Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. —Romans 12:18

Throughout the Bible, God is pictured as having a love relationship with His people—in the Old Testament with Israel and in the New Testament with the church. On many occasions God has found Himself separated from His people, not of His choosing but of theirs. In a sense, the entire Bible is a record of God's attempts to be reconciled to His people.

Come now, let's settle this," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool." —Isaiah 1:18

If, however, I choose to forgive, intimacy can be restored. Forgiveness is the way of love.

Showing true love through forgiveness is liberating and fulfilling. — Bobby Lewis —

If he chooses to begin loving you in your primary language, your positive emotions toward him will begin to resurface. Your emotional tank will begin to fill up and in time the marriage will, in fact, be reborn.

You know you've forgiven someone when you can show them love and treat them as though the offense never happened. If you've really forgiven this guy, you should help him as though he never wronged you.

We believe that going beyond a quick "I'm sorry"—learning to apologize effectively—can help rekindle love that has been dimmed by pain. We believe that when we all learn to apologize—and when we understand each other's apology language—we can trade in tired excuses for honesty, trust, and joy.

So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God. —Matthew 5:23–24

It also should not be assumed that a marital crisis—the kind where one or both partners feel as if they "can't take it anymore" and seriously consider splitting up—inevitably leads to divorce.

some of us, love means often having to say we're sorry! — Julie Durham

The first step to reconciliation is the willingness to breach the gap. — Ila Reed

But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. —Matthew 6:15

forgiveness is not a feeling but a decision. It is the decision to offer grace instead of demanding justice.

Forgiveness is the way of love.

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. —Ephesians 4:32

Humankind has an amazing capacity to forgive.

I'm sorry. I know I have hurt you, but I would like to make the future different. I would like to love you in your language. I would like to meet your needs." I have seen marriages rescued from the brink of divorce when couples make the choice to love.

I could almost love you again.