“To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you've done, and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend.” WayWantShouldMayStillsDoneAbleForgetPrinciplesRightsPrideDemandForgivenessMy FriendsForgivingRefuseQuittingOne WayGuaranteesScarUnspeakableGuarantees That Author:Frederick Buechner
“Christmas time - an Enlightened Teacher came into the world, taught, and died. His message was simple: Forgive. While the human beings of this planet have still not absorbed this simple Truth, it remains the Truth.” WorldHumansStillsHuman BeingsSimpleChristianityTeacherTaughtPlanetsMessagesDiedRemainsForgivingEnlightenedSimple TruthsChristmas Time Author:Frederick Lenz
“I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance. Still, I must save this government, if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do, but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.” IfsMenGivingWellsMayStillsGovernmentChristianCoursesGamesTermWillingUnderstoodForgivingPatientLeavingAvailableSurrenderCardsRepentance Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“Enjoy the blessings Heaven bestows, Assist his friends, forgive his foes; Trust God, and keep his statutes still, Upright and firm, through good and ill; Thankful for all that God has given, Fixing his firmest hopes on heaven; Knowing that earthly joys decay, But hoping through the darkest day.” StillsJoyGivenHeavenEnjoyKnowingBlessingForgivingIllFirmTrust In GodDecayFoeFixingStatutes Book:Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Source: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
“What right has a man to ask Jesus to forgive him, when his heart is still burning with hatred or festering with grudges against a fellow-creature? Confession, to be of any avail, must let go of its hold on the sin confessed.” MenHeartStillsAsksJesusSinCreaturesLetting GoHatredFellowsForgivingBurningConfessionGrudgeFestering Author:Theodore L. Cuyler