Category: forgiveness

Forgive yourself

April 23, 2012 | 8 comments

At a recent tennis tournament, I lost a match I had my heart set on winning. It was the oddest experience for me, because typically I take match losses very well. But not this one! I internally fussed and fumed about what

The vital importance of forgiveness

September 9, 2011 | 6 comments

  Sometimes people have a hard time forgiving another who did them harm because they believe that forgiving them somehow overlooks the crime and pretends like it never happened.  This is not true.  Forgiveness is never approval of an evil.  Forgiveness does not

The Power of Forgiveness

July 18, 2011 | 3 comments

Now here’s a powerful story of a mother who forgave the murderer of her young son. Forgiving Her Son’s Killer: ‘Not An Easy Thing’ Jesus taught his followers to love their enemies. This woman lived this rule and proved the

Humility helpful

April 20, 2011 | 1 comment

I had to chuckle when the following words ticked through my keyboard recently… “Never hold grudges. Only personal sense holds onto grudges, and personal sense never enters heaven. Its ego is too big to fit through the door!”