Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.

You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.

Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.

Forgiveness is manifested mercy; it is live in action - not love based on a feeling, but love based on a decision, an intentional choice to obey God.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

Forgiveness is 'selective remembering'--a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper, forgive your boss's temper, tolerate your spouse's moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

And if we never agree, can't we agree to disagree? If God can tolerate my mistakes, can't I tolerate the mistakes of others? If God can overlook my errors, can't I overlook the errors of others? If God allows me with my foibles and failures to call him Father, shouldn't I extend the same grace to others? One thing's for sure. When we get to heaven, we'll be surprised at some of the folks we see. And some of them will be surprised when they see us.

Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.