#forgiven

Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don't hear much about our adoption at all. We hear a lot about forgiveness, but very little about the staggering reality of our inclusion in Jesus' relationship with his Father in the Spirit. ↗

— C. Baxter Kruger

#salvation #forgiveness

They gave thanks that they were permitted to see so much, and begged forgiveness for their desire to see more. ↗

— Ted Chiang

#religion #spirituality #tower-of-babylon #forgiveness

Forgiveness is a practiced and fervrent process". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #forgiveness

It seems we need someone to know us as we are--with all we have done--and forgive us. We need to tell. We need to be whole in someone's sight: Know this about me, and yet love me. Please. ...for...others it seems there must be a person to redeem us to ourselves. It isn't enough, apparently, to know oneself. To forgive oneself in secret. ↗

— Sue Miller

#love #secrets #sue-miller #while-i-was-gone #forgiveness

When you forgive someone who has hurt you,you liberate yourself." page 158 of "Two Weddings. ↗

— Farin Powell

#forgiveness

Free yourself, forgive yourself, value yourself, and love yourself...ESPECIALLY, When no one else does. ↗

— Lolalola

#forgiveness

...burying themselves in his arm was more about feeling his love in the confusion, in the difficulty, than it was about having moved past it. ↗

— Donald Miller

#forgiveness #pain #remorse #forgiveness

To be a follower of Christ and not just a fan means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#forgiveness #forgiveness

The question that is upon my lips (please forgive me) is the doubt in your heart ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#life #love #forgiveness

Character is beyond obligation. You could kick your shoes off at the door, flick your cigarete butts onto the sidewalk or talk only in slang, those things are forgivable if you have character ↗

— Novala Takemoto

#forgiveness