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Archive Tag: forgiveness
Tattlers
I’m substitute preaching on the subject of forgiveness this weekend at my home church. So I’m spending my mornings this week studying, putting my notes together and dealing with the unforgiveness in me I’m suddenly aware of. My problem is I’m a tattler. There’s a great story about tattlers in… Read More
But God Does Not Keep Count
It is hard for me to forgive someone who has really offended me, especially when it happens more than once. I begin to doubt the sincerity of the one who asks forgiveness for a second, third, or fourth time. But God does not keep count. God just waits for our… Read More
Forgiveness
I’ve never been abused, never been seriously harmed by another human being, never been truly poor or scared for my life, and because of all this I wonder if my capacity for compassion is limited. Wess’ story is different from mine. Growing up in Kenya, the son of missionaries, he… Read More