When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage…

Quote by Lewis B Smedes

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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something...

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something...

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and...

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and...

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and...

Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and...

Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for...

Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for...

Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.

Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.

It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the...

It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the...

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

I ask for your forgiveness. I feel so miserable that it's difficult even to say...

I ask for your forgiveness. I feel so miserable that it's difficult even to say...

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which...

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which...

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...