Quotes About Reconciliation

And he [Jesus] came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:17–18)

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Col. 3:13 NIV)

You chose us by your foreknowledge, redeemed us by your Son, and set us apart by your Spirit to demonstrate the reconciling and redeeming power of the gospel in cities and among the nations of the world. Indeed, you've called us to live as strangers in this world, not as strange people. If there's to be anything offensive about us, may it only be the gospel of your grace.

Glorious Prince of Peace, you who one day will reconcile wolves and lambs, leopards and goats, calves and lions—give me the desire, the humility, and the grace to be a man of peace. As far as it is in my own power (Rom. 12:18–21) and as far as the power of the gospel will take me, let me live as an agent of your reconciling love. I pray in your peerless and peace-full name. Amen.

Lord Jesus, you're the reason I'm not consumed with guilt and paralyzed with fear. Because of you, God has forgiven all my wickedness and will never remember my sins against me (Jer. 31:34).

The end of art is peace.

Progress occurs one apology at a time.

The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.

The time is ripe for the whole region to live in peace.

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.

You are back, Cam. Which means for the first time since you left, it's okay for us to be mad at you for leaving. - Macey

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

I do feel free, I have patched things up with my ex-husband to the degree of this real friendship. We spend a lot of time together as a family with our son, no way will we be man and wife again.

I went underground. So I didn't see [my father] for 11 years. So that was pretty traumatic time for my parents for sure.

Now I wonder all the time how you go back after something like that. Whether we can ever be friends again, or if what we had is broken into pieces. Not because of her, but because of me.

Time partially reconciles us to anything. I gradually became content--doggedly contented, as wild animals in cages.

It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation.

This is a time to unify, this is a time to heal.

Sometimes forgiveness is instant, but sometimes it takes time.

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.

There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a while to clean them out.

I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.