“To forgive is divine. It makes us look like our heavenly Father. And we accomplish forgiveness through His Spirit living within us. There is no other way. But it is a choice we must make individually to yield our right to strike back or to get even and to instead offer forgiveness. To pardon our offender. It is a gift that we give to our offender and also to ourselves. There is no freedom like the freedom of forgiveness. It releases us from the ties that bind us to our offender and puts us in a position to freely receive God’s forgiveness and fellowship. It’s beautiful.”
John Perkins, One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2018, pages 107-108.
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