Thursday, October 27, 2011

Words from a Friend: Forgiveness




I’ve been learning that forgiveness doesn’t come from a vending machine called prayer.

Forgiveness is a continuing reminder for us to pray
— to grieve, to heal —
each time our wounds ache.



Stay in those hard places and have a conversation with God about it.

Talk out loud as you take a walk alone outside.

Or write God a very long letter.

To practice forgiveness the way Jesus calls us to, we are inviting God to enter into our pain — a place of faith.

Forgiveness, after all, was never meant to be robotic.
That’s why God gives us faith.

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