I think the best story of forgiveness I've heard or read was from Corrie Ten Boom's book, Tramp for the Lord.
Corrie was in a concentration camp during World War II and one of the guards was brutal to her sister, who died in the concentration camp.
Years after in a meeting where Corrie was telling her story to an audience in Germany, at the end of the meeting the guard who had brutalized her sister came forward and extended his hand to Corrie. She knew she could not forgive him, but she also knew that God had the power to give her what she needed to forgive. She turned to God and in her heart yielded to Him and she agreed to forgive. In that moment she didn't want to forgive the guard but she agreed to forgive.
The truth is, forgiveness is not a feeling...it's a choice.
Corrie was in a concentration camp during World War II and one of the guards was brutal to her sister, who died in the concentration camp.
Years after in a meeting where Corrie was telling her story to an audience in Germany, at the end of the meeting the guard who had brutalized her sister came forward and extended his hand to Corrie. She knew she could not forgive him, but she also knew that God had the power to give her what she needed to forgive. She turned to God and in her heart yielded to Him and she agreed to forgive. In that moment she didn't want to forgive the guard but she agreed to forgive.
The truth is, forgiveness is not a feeling...it's a choice.
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