Last night we went to the 3rd study of a 5 week study on "Peacemaking in the Family" at our church. Tonights session was on forgiveness. It was really good and I thought I'd share a few things that were said.
The 4 Promises of Forgiveness:
1. I will not think about, dwell on, obsess etc. about this incident. (Not even in the middle of the night when I can't sleep?!?)
2. I will not bring up this incident again and use it against you. (Thinking I didn't have a problem with this one, I asked Victor about it and he gave me the 'are you kidding? - all the time!' look)
3. I will not talk to others about this incident. (... but I'm just asking them to pray for my husbands faults...!)
4. I will not allow this incident to stand between us or hinder our personal relationship.
(Of course we're talking about everyday run of the mill conflicts here - not conflicts that shouldn't be overlooked like adultery etc.)
Anyways, it was good and we look forward to showing forgiveness to each other, and modeling forgiveness to our children.
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Our small group did this book last year and I loved it. Very challenging and inspiring!
hmmm, we may have to get it.
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