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Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...
Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the read more
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
These evils I deserve, and more
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Justly, yet despair not of his final read more
These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,
Whose ear is ever open, and his eye
Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer read more
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
