Any moment that opens us up to the reality that life is good is a parable of the supreme end for which we were made.
Lewis B. SmedesMy wife has lived with at least five different men since we were wed - and each of the five has been me.
Lewis B. SmedesOnce we have forgiven, however, we get a new freedom to forget. This time forgetting is a sign of health; it is not a trick to avoid spiritual surgery. We can forget because we have been healed. But even if it is easier to forget after we forgive, we should not make forgetting a test of our forgiving. The test of forgiving lies with healing the lingering pain of the past, not with forgetting the past has ever happened.
Lewis B. SmedesThe rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name.
Lewis B. Smedes