I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone. ~ D.L. Moody A life-changing lesson I’ve learned, the hard way I might add, is to stay out of the way of God working in someone’s life. It took me a few times—when the same situation occurred time and again—to truly forgive. When the situation first happened,…
forgiving the unforgiveable
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, “I can clean that if you want.” And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes our sin. ~ Max Lucado We’ve spent the last three days reading stories of, for all…
radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 3}
Justice and forgiveness can cohabitate. Forgiveness does not have to compromise justice. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes Similar to yesterday’s story, today I’d like to share three others. The first is from a non-fiction book called, Picking Cotton, from author’s Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. Following is a description from the back of the book: Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke…
radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 2}
Forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself. It has less to do with what somebody else did as much as it does with your decision to move on with your life and not be continually victimized by rehearsing that issue or incident over and over again. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes I read a People magazine online…
radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 1}
Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes Jesus loves radically. Jesus forgives radically. <– tweet this Radical is defined as thorough or complete. Let’s continue reading today with the understanding we’re talking about thoroughly and completely,…