Yesterday's teaching at church was about forgiveness. That's a tough discussion to have, especially when the wounds of the transgression are still open and anger and hurt are still raw inside. I presented a workshop on Forgiveness a couple of years ago at my church and below are some quotes and sayings concerning the subject that helped my participants begin to heal. Hope they do the same for you.
Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?' Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. Matthew 18:21-22
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain
The process of forgiveness is like peeling an onion, with each layer we explore we come closer and closer to our core self. Sarah Lynch
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese
Resentment is a weed in our emotional life that has to be pulled out down to the root or like the dandelion it will return and spread. Unknown
Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude. Martin Luther King
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.-George Herbert
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