Forgiveness, Seven times Seventy

As a necessary disclaimer, there are times that we need to leave a relationship or situation for our physical or mental safety.  Our obligation to forgive a perpetrator does not require us to remain in an abusive relationship.  There are other, less extreme, cases where… Read more

Forgiveness

Hurt people, hurt people. That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion and cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon… Read more

Corrie ten Boom

In Holland during World War II, the Casper ten Boom family used their home as a hiding place for those hunted by the Nazis. This was their way of living out their Christian faith. Four members of the family lost their lives for providing this… Read more

More on Forgiveness…

Perhaps the most difficult commandment is to forgive those who have hurt us. We often hope that some calamity or punishment will fall upon them. There is a German word “Schadenfreude.” It means pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. The Lord has warned us… Read more