60 empowering quotes about forgiveness & healing.
How do you handle forgiveness? Are you quick to forgive those who have wronged you? In your definition what does it mean to truly forgive someone? Or should I say, what does it mean to forgive yourself? I often hear that we should forgive others the way we would want God to forgive us, and if we can't forgive others; God won't forgive us. That's easier said than done. You don't just walk up to the person who ripped your whole life apart and say, I forgive you because I want God to forgive me. You don't just get up and say, I'm going to forget a heinous act that gives me sleepless nights. Forgiveness is a process. Healing happens in stages. I remember being emotionally hurt by someone who should have known better. I still can't fathom how someone could be so crude toward another person. Many of the persons who hurt us, know what they are doing, and they will never take responsibility for their actions. There are apologies that will never come, people will