The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches; perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.
And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.
Can you really forgive if you can't forget?
I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.
I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I than...
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
