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Forgiving Love

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Forgiveness. Our ticket to freedom. When we forgive, we cut those chains that hold us back in our past. Because everytime we try to move forward, the sound of those chains brings the old memories alive. And hurt people hurt other people. As Christians we have mastered the theory of forgiveness, but still it is incredibly difficult to forgive well. To forgive like Jesus forgave us. We even pray this in the Father´s prayer: ,,Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." I usually quickly add a line: Lord, please, teach me to forgive better.. We cannot forgive well, if we are not healed completely. We live in a fallen world, so there are always new wounds coming up, some are just scratches, some go right through your heart. Sometimes I think of church (not Church) as a special training school for forgiving. The Lord in His mercy started teaching me about forgiving pretty early. He gave me two younger sisters – twins. Double portio...