#given

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. ↗

With time and perspective we recognize that such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer of heaven’s hand. Those who feel no need for mercy usually never seek it and almost never bestow it. Those who have never had a heartache or a weakness or felt lonely or forsaken never have had to cry unto heaven for relief of such personal pain. Surely it is better to find the goodness of God and the grace of Christ, even at the price of despair, than to risk living our lives in a moral or material complacency that has never felt any need for faith or forgiveness, any need for redemption or relief. ↗

— Jeffery R. Holland

#inspirational #mercy #faith

God is the ultimate judge of what is truly in our souls. But we are requiered to forgive everyone. ↗

— Bree Despain

#forgiveness #inspirational #faith

He said you were the only one who was bitter about S.'s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#death #family #forgiveness #suicide #death

We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive. ↗

— Gregory David Roberts

#love #forgiveness

What you cant forget... God cant remember! ↗

— John MacArthur

#god #forgiveness

The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her. ↗

— James Dashner

#scorch #thomas #forgiveness

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. ↗