“Forgiveness does not excuse anything. You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness.”
― Wm. Paul Young,The Shack
I have to give credit where credit is due. Wm. Paul Young, with this, beautifully penned, group of thoughts has brought together words for forgiveness for me. He has helped it make sense and helped me make peace with what I’ve fought and wrestled with, for years!
Some of you, are wrestling with this and have been for years. You’re growing tired of wrestling and fighting with the realization that you need to forgive. Some of you are wracked with exhaustion, but you know that the time has come to forgive another person.
I’m here to tell you the bad news: forgiveness has no formula.
I’m sorry, but I believe this to be true. There is no single way to forgiveness, often, it’s a series of steps taken daily, hourly, even minute by minute.
[For more of this story go to http://blogs.psychcentral.com/...ve-the-unforgivable/]
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