Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
Max LucadoRead
Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!
Interpretation
Forgiveness allows you to let go of hurt and experience freedom from past grievances.
This quote by Max Lucado emphasizes that forgiveness is not just about absolving someone else of their faults but recognizing that holding onto anger keeps us trapped. By forgiving, we release ourselves from the chains of resentment and guilt, allowing both ourselves and others to move forward in life.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a workshop on emotional healing.
Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.
We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.
Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia
But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.
Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.
There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
Stories are the currency of human relationships.
It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.
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