The Secret Of Grace Is That It

The Problem With Revenge Is That It Never Evens The Score. It Ties Both The Injured And The Injurer To An Escalator Of Pain. Both Are Stuck On The Escalator As Long As Parity Is Demanded, And The Escalator Never Stops.

The Secret Of Grace Is That It Can Be All Right At The Center Even When It Is All Wrong On The Edges.

Forgiving Is Tough. Excusing Is Easy. What A Mistake It Is To Confuse Forgiving With Being Mushy, Soft, Gutless, And Oh, So Understanding. Before We Forgive, We Stiffen Our Spine And We Hold A Person Accountable. And Only Then, In Tough-minded Judgment, Can We Do The Outrageously Impossible Thing: We Can Forgive.

Waiting Is The Hardest Work Of Hope.

...forgiving Is Not Having To Understand. Understanding May Come Later, In Fragments, An Insight Here And A Glimpse There, After Forgiving.