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Lewis B. Smedes Quotes: A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it.
         

A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it.


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You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.



To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.



When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.

When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.



It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.



Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.



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Waiting is the hardest work of hope.



Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.



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God invented forgiving as a remedy for a past that not even he could change and not even he could forget. His way of forgiving is the model for our forgiving.



The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.

The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.



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To miss out on joy is to miss out on the reason for your existence.





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