Quotes about Forgiveness

Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time.

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that my sins may always be forgiven me.

Let your tears fall because of sin, but, at the same time, let the eye of faith steadily behold the Son of man.

Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one two things: either love, or a call for love.

In the Holy Relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We don't hide our weaknesses, but rather we understand that the relationship is a context for healing through mutual forgiveness.

When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, 'Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to think, to be able to navigate my life at this point? What perceptions do I need; what insights will guide me? Who do I need to forgive? What parts of my personality do I need to look at; what changes do I need to make? Please come upon me and heal my life. Amen.

I atone in my heart for the mistakes I have made: the recklessness and irresponsibility, the laziness and dishonesty, the harm I have caused to myself or others. I pray for those who I may have hurt, and ask that they be healed of any pain I might have caused them. I vow to be a better person now, that I might rise where before I had fallen, and shine where I had dwelled in darkness.