“Please, accept the word of this prodigal, without illustration, that God can solve all the problems we have created in our marriages. Our Creator knows that as human beings living in a sinful world, we often fail Him. He is ready to forgive us and rescue us and our marriages from satan.”
–Bob Steinkamp, Prodigals Do Come Home, p. 28.
“I realized once again that we’re punished not for our hatred, for not forgiving people, but by it.”
–Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually), p. 129
“My central message here is when you bring more positive experiences into your life, your hurts will diminish in importance. In fact, this is the first step to taking responsibility for how you feel and beginning to forgive. If I rent out more and more space in my mind to appreciating my children or the loveliness of a rainy day, there is as a result less space and time for dwelling on the hurts.”
–Dr. Fred Luskin, Forgive for Good
“The enemy specializes in taking advantage of any refusal to forgive.”
–Beth Moore, Praying God’s Word Day by Day
“A good marriage is the union of two forgivers.”
–Ruth Graham
“When people die, they are forgiven and welcomed home. Then God will help them figure out how to clean up the disgusting messes they have made. God has skills and ideas on how to do this.”
–Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually), p. 29
“Forgiving is a choice that brings healing–probably more to the giver than to the recipient. When we forgive, we do not change the circumstances or injustices of the past. What we change is the future–for ourselves and for the ones we have forgiven. It is the most freeing choice we can make.”
–Carol Kent, A New Kind of Normal