By: Kyle Elden
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.” ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that that situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“It is easy to forgive, until you have something to forgive” ~ CS Lewis
When people are careless
When sweat and tears are wet on your face & body
from carrying the heavy weight of hurt
When you have dark marks on your sacred heart
from reckless hands
When your eyes are marred by dirt and dust
of another’s stumbling walk
When it seems it will never end
When the pain closes in, pulls you under
in this body of water, this undercurrent
When thrashing in the depths, at the bottom
you taste death’s dismal wine
When you come up, break surface
When you take deep breath and know
you are alive
When your eyes open and the world is bright,
the sun greets you, spreads warmth, wraps around you
When you have been lifted, called into the arms of
the Beloved, you know Love
When you sit at love’s feast it is sweet ripe red & purple berries,
juice of forgiveness bursting in your mouth
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