“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
–Mark 11:25 (NIV)
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
– Mahathma Gandhi
If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.
– Mother Teresa
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
– George MacDonald
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.
– Oscar Wilde
Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge
– Isaac Friedmann
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise
– Alden Nowlan
An eye for eye makes the whole world blind.
– Mahathma Gandhi
Forgiveness is not easy
To give to others when we’re wronged.
But if we do not give it
Our hurt and pain will be prolonged.
Like a wound that is infected
And gets worse as time goes by.
We can not just ignore it
No matter how hard that we try.
Sometimes there are no reasons
For the things that people do.
No excuses or explanations
That justify what they put us through.
But remember…Jesus told us to forgive
The same way our Father forgives us.
So we can move toward the love
Instead of staying bitter and callused.
Forgiveness releases the negative
That has consumed and taken over.
It frees us. To love and live again
As our hardened heart grows softer.
Yes…Forgiveness can be very hard
But it’s something we must do.
If we want God to forgive us
Then…We must forgive others too !
–Janet MULLALY
