Quotes about Reconciliation

An entrenched refusal to forgive is a sign that you have not known God's amazing forgiveness yourself.

A failure to forgive someone will change you

Forgiveness is an event and a process

I need to keep practicing forgiveness every time I see you or think of you.

Forgiveness is not forgetting

Forgiveness has a vertical and a horizontal dimension

When I consider someone's sin as I stand before the Lord, I am called to have an attitude of forgiveness toward the person who sinned against me. This is non-negotiable.

Luke 17:3, on the other hand, is talking about forgiveness as a horizontal transaction between me and the offender. This is often referred to as reconciliation.

I can only grant forgiveness to the other person if he repents and admits he has sinned against me.

For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal: And the crimson stain that was of Cain Became Christ's snow-white seal. VI.

We are much more forgiving of those who are willing to come clean right away.

Now just think of what the quality of life and character must be in a person who would routinely interrupt sacred rituals to pursue reconciliation with a fellow human being. What kind of thought life, what feeling tones and moods, what habits of body and mind, what kinds of deliberations and choices would you find in such a person? When you answer these questions, you will have a vision of the true "rightness beyond" that is at home in God's kingdom of power and love.