https://www.wanderingshepherd.org/2011/03/17/forgiveness/ The raw writings of a real pastor. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://www.wanderingshepherd.org/2011/03/17/forgiveness/#comment-169 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:04:45 +0000 http://www.wanderingshepherd.org/?p=260#comment-169 I think it looks like, ” I’ll keep praying for them until I don’t feel like a hypocrite anymore – however long that takes.” For what it’s worth, I agree with Steve, we only have to forgive – not trust.

]]> https://www.wanderingshepherd.org/2011/03/17/forgiveness/#comment-168 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:48:27 +0000 http://www.wanderingshepherd.org/?p=260#comment-168 I once heard forgiveness described as not thinking the person “owed” you, that they were in debt to you for what they had done. It does not mean that you now entrust yourself fully to them, or ignore what sort of person they are. You forgive the debt owed, but don’t allow them to become indebted to you again. You trust them only so far and in those areas as you know them to be trustworthy.

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