Tuesday, July 6, 2021

A Lesson Worth Learning

A quote from Lewis B. Smedes.
The barbed posts and hurtful words
serve no real purpose.
Perhaps, when we learn forgiveness,
there may be real movement forward.
I'm just saying ...
(or rather he was)

Forgiving
does not erase the bitter past.
A healed memory
is not a deleted memory.
Instead,
forgiving what we cannot forget
creates a new way to remember.
We change
the memory of our past
into a hope
for our future.

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