forgiving

True repentance is a turning from sin . . . Humanly speaking, it is our small part in the plan of salvation. Our part is repenting. God will do the converting, the transforming, and the forgiving.

Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!

Empowered Women 101: A confident woman knows that forgiving is important, but sticking around for constant abuse isn't being confident; it is called being a doormat.

The purpose of life is to be happy by loving, giving, and forgiving.

Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.

Some people say, __nce you learn to be happy, you won't tolerate being around people who make you feel anything less._ My Christ says, __our job is to get off your self righteous butt and start reaching out to the difficult people because my ministry wasn__ about a bunch of nice people getting together once a week to sing hymns and get a feel good message, that you may or may not apply, depending on the depth of your anger for someone. It is about caring for and helping the broken hearted, the difficult, the hurt, the misunderstood, the repulsive, the wicked and the liars. It is about turning the other cheek when someone hurts you. It is about loving one another and making amends. It is allowing people as many chances as they need because God gives them endless chances. When you do this then you will know me and you will know true happiness and peace. Until then, you will never know who I really am. You will always be just a fan or a Sunday only warrior. You will continue to represent who you are to the world, but not me. I am the God that rescues.

Mercy is mercy.

Forgiveness is a gift to the one who is hurting.

The ability to forgive is one of man__ greatest achievements.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

Be happy by forgiving or forgetting or doing both, but we can gain no happiness by holding grudges.

Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Your number one task here is forgiving yourself and the people who mistreat you. You must learn to do this if you want to experience real happiness and peace in this life. You must do this if you want to feel accepted, valued and safe. The only way to feel innocent and worthy _ is to give it to other people. That is just how it works.

There is no need returning anger to those who made your past horrible, do not think of making them feel bitter, maybe a help from you can just make them ashame and miserable, and can probably change their attitude.

Forgiveness in God's eyes is unconditional; no matter what you have done, you can receive forgiveness.

Let go of all hate, love one another deeply.

Being forgiven is like having all the worst bits of yourself stuffed into a balloon and then having that balloon set free.

Understanding is used too often as a convenient means to avoid and sidestep the process of acknowledging the hurts and wounds (which makes forgiving more effective). We cannot truly forgive until we admit that the offense is as wounding as it really is, and therefore really does need to be forgiven. When understanding becomes the substitute not only for forgiving but for sharing about feelings, healing does not occur.