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It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.
-Elizabeth George
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It Takes A Lot Of Grace And

Elizabeth George
It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.
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They say that when god was in jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him on the subject of the trinity. they say that god says to me, "forgive your enemies." i say, "i do;" but he says, "i will damn mine." god should be consistent. if he wants me to forgive my enemies he should forgive his. i am asked to forgive enemies who can hurt me. god is only asked to forgive enemies who cannot hurt him. he certainly ought to be as generous as he asks us to be.
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Forgiveness is an act of creation. you can choose from many ways to do it. you can forgive for now, forgive till then, forgive till the next time, forgive but give no more chances it’s a whole new game if there is another incident. you can give one more chance, give several more chances, give many chances, give chances only if. you can forgive part, all, or half of the offense. you can devise a blanket of forgiveness. you decide
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There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so papa used to say. you must forgive in order to understand. until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding. ... if you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is the posture of grace.
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I worry about fast forgivers. they tend to forgive quickly in order to avoid their pain. or they forgive fast in order to get an advantage over the people they forgive. and their instant forgiving only makes things worse... people who have been wronged badly and wounded deeply should give themselves time and space before they forgive... there is a right moment to forgive. we cannot predict it in advance; we can only get ourselves ready for it when it arrives... don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long.
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Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. forgive yourself for not winning every round. forgive yourself for being afraid. but don’t let yourself off the hook, never forgive yourself, for not caring or not trying.
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When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with a violin. begin with the basics. if you forget, you will not forgive at all. you can never forgive people for things you have forgotten about. you need to forgive precisely because you have not forgotten what someone did; your memory keeps the pain alive long after the hurt has stopped. remembering is the storage of pain. it is why you need to be healed in the first place.
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