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. -Lewis B. Smedes Hope
Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness. -Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness
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. -Lewis B. Smedes Movingon
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. -Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. -Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness
The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness. -Lewis B. Smedes Forgiveness
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. -Lewis B. Smedes Change
Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts. -Lewis B. Smedes Respect
In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account. -Lewis B. Smedes Teacher
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. -Lewis B. Smedes Future
