Quotes about Reconciliation

So I fight for her. Not because we will reconnect. We haven't. And we might not. Not because she's right. Not because I'm right. I fight for her simply because I want to stay right in step with honoring God.

Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive."1

But weeping with them and rejoicing with them does not mean trying to take control of their out-of-control choices and behaviors. We can forgive them. But we cannot control them. And we should not enable them.

I only needed to bring my willingness to forgive, not the fullness of all my restored feelings.

I forgive ____ for ____, and whatever my feelings don't yet allow for the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

Those who cooperate most fully with forgiveness are those who dance most freely in the beauty of redemption.

Or, "Most of the time when you open your mouth, make known the gospel. But if you're feeling really, really hurt, rally other people around your cause and make this other person look as bad as you can.

Just because we extend forgiveness doesn't mean we keep that person in our close-knit circle.

Confession breaks the cycle of chaos inside of me. Forgiveness breaks the cycle of chaos between us.

But then we also must walk through the much longer process of forgiving and healing from the impact another person's actions have had on us. Forgiveness is a command by God, but reconciliation should be very conditional on many factors—most of all whether all parties involved can stay safe ad healthy if they stay together.

The idea is not that Israel returns to Yahweh and therefore Yahweh forgives it and restores it; it is rather that Yahweh forgives it and restores it, and this action must draw Israel to return to Yahweh (Is 44:21-22).

The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.