A review by kiwi_fruit
Why Forgive? by Steven McDonald, Johann Christoph Arnold

3.0

I have a deep admiration for victims of violent crimes who found in the hearts a way to forgive the people responsible for hurting them. I don’t know if I would be able to do what they did and I pray to never be in a position to be tested like them have been. To forgive is something I can only aspire to be able to do. 3.5 stars

You’ll find that when you forgive, you’re always a winner. You don’t lose a thing. Because it’s not a sign of weakness to love somebody who hurts you. It’s a sign of strength.

No amount of punishment could ever even the score. I had to be willing to forgive without the score being even.

In the end we won’t have to answer for what others do to us – only for what we do to them.

It’s taken me such a long time to get over the feeling of having been used. A long time. But I have gotten over it. I don’t think he’ll ever be worthy of my forgiveness. Still, I can carry my burdens a whole lot easier now, than when I had to carry my anger around as well.