we must forgive

we must forgive

forget as we are able

if we want to be happy

joyful in this life

we must apologize

for the harm we have created

for the sin in our lives

for the joy we have taken

we must forgive

our enemies, our neighbors

for the harm that was created

even ourselves, as we are able

we must forget

our right to revenge

to leave to God the judgment

for the harm that was created

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edited October 22, 2014

we must forgive

new October 22, 2014

we are to forgive

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/we-are-to-forgive.html

new October 22, 2014

to forgive to forget

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-forgive-to-forget.html

edited October 22, 2014

to forgive without forgetting – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-forgive-without-forgetting-v2.html

new October 21, 2014

to forgive without forgetting

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-forgive-without-forgetting.html

based on profile quote of

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

https://twitter.com/TheDesmondTutu

“Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering—

remembering and not using your right to hit back.”

Mpho and Desmond Tutu for the #Forgiveness Challenge

Forgiveness Challenge

http://forgivenesschallenge.com/

The Book of Forgiving

http://forgivenesschallenge.com/book/

by Archibishop Desmond Tutu

https://www.facebook.com/DesmondTutuOfficial

and Reverend Mpho Andrea Tutu

https://www.facebook.com/mpho.tutu

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mpho-Andrea-Tutu/449943685134202  

and story of Corrie ten Boom about forgiving former Nazis

http://tenboom.com/en/

&

edited October 20, 2014

a lesson I must learn

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-lesson-i-must-learn.html

edited October 20, 2014

a lesson I have not learned – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-lesson-i-have-not-learned-v2.html

October 17, 2014

a lesson I have not learned

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-lesson-i-have-not-learned.html

https://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss/posts/10152543923238003

“The first to apologize is the bravest.

The first to forgive is the strongest.

The first to forget is the happiest.”

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on Rachel’s Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/rachelschallenge

http://rachelschallenge.org/ 
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and see

The first to forget is the happiest –

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-first-to-forget-is-the-happiest/457860517579019

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