Posts by Hope inChrist (Page 10)
True Communities Practice Forgiveness
What is forgiveness and why is it necessary for community building and sustaining? I really like this definition of forgiveness: …a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness.1 Such a definition places the burden of forgiveness upon the one bearing the cost of the pain involved. This is what Jesus himself modeled upon the cross. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them,…
July 2022 Heartbeat
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