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Forgive I don't think it is a coincidence that "forgive" contains the word "give," do you? One of the most giving things you can do is forgive people who wrong you. Not an easy gift, but then again, the very nature of giving involves sacrifice. Most gifts involve sacrifice of time or money, but this…

THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS Poet Edwin Markham was betrayed by a friend and it left him angry and devastated. He could no longer write poetry. One day as he sat at his desk, God convicted him that he must forgive this man. Markham prayed, "Lord, I will forgive this man." With the bitterness gone, his creativity…

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Source: Lewis Smedes

During the Vietnam War, two men were shot down over North Vietnam in separate incidents that occurred at about the same time. One was Porter Halyburton, a Southern white boy who was something of a racist. The other was Fred Cherry, the first black officer captured by the North Vietnamese. The two men…

A Friend… Accepts you as you are. Believes in "you." Calls you just to say "Hi." Doesn’t give up on you. Envisions the whole of you, even the unfinished parts. Forgives your mistakes. Gives unconditionally. Helps you. Invites you over. Just wants to "be" with you. Keeps you close at heart. Loves you…

Empathy Practice Empathy; Forgive; Forgiveness; Difficult People; EGR; Compassion; Hardness; Inflexible; An effective tool for forgiving others is empathy, and empathy comes when we pause long enough to look at others through the lens of their own experience. . . . Writer F. W. Boreham once lost patience…

By loving the unlovable, You made me lovable. Augustine to God

(Communion Meditation) Robert F. Hull Jr. Mark 14:35-36; Mark 14:50; In a powerful sermon, Fred Craddock points out that only the reader of Mark’s Gospel really sees Jesus in Gethsemane lying prostrate on the ground and hears him praying for the hour to pass from him (Mark 14:35, 36). Peter, James, and…