Do I have to forgive?

How are you at forgiving?  We are called to forgive…remember the Lord’s prayer?  This is one area that I will confess I struggle with especially when it comes to personal hurts – or worse people (usually members of our congregation who wanted to get to me but couldn’t) who decide to hurt my family.  I…

CS Lewis on forgiveness

On forgiveness“I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality (unless I watch myself very carefully) asking Him to do something quite different. I am asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me. But there is all the difference in the world between forgiving…