Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Luke 23:34
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Lewis B. Smedes
“Forgiveness – The Power to Change the Past,”
Christianity Today, 7 January 1983
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
William Arthur Ward
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde
Forgiving is love’s toughest work, and love’s biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love’s power to break nature’s rule.
Lewis B. Smedes
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Mark 11:25
Homework
Now here is your homework assignment:
Forgive the groundhog if he saw his shadow. 😉
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