10/09/09, Friday

(J4F CLUB) 1000+ cards Reached

What a relief! At long 7 years past, a dream comes to reality. "Yes, dear, we are there. I want to finish up recording everything that has come in today and we will get the order in."

Thank God. Never be without greeting God, thanking Him for His Love, His Goodness. And for Life, Health, Work/Job, Success, and Failures.

Came across The Art of Forgiving thus:

* The most creative power given to human spirit is the power to heal the wounds of a past it cannot change.

* We do our forgiving alone inside our hearts and minds; what happens to the people we forgive depends on them.

*The first person to benefit from forgiving is the one who forgives.

* Forgiving happens in the three stages: we discover the humanity of the person who wronged us; we surrender our right to get even, and we wish that person well.

*Forgiving is a journey; the deeper the wound, the longer the journey.

* Forgiving does not require us to reunite with the person who broke our trust.

* We do not forgive because we are supposed to; we forgive when we are ready to be healed.

* Waiting for someone to repent before we forgive is to surrender our future to the person who wrongs us.

* Forgiving is not a way to avoid pain but to heal the pain.

* Forgiving someone who breaks trust does not mean that we give him his job back.

* Forgiving is the only way to be fair to ourselves.

* Forgivers are not doormats; to forgive a person is not a signal that we are willing to put up with what he or she does.

* Forgiving is essential; talking about it is optional. When we forgive, we set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner we set free is ourselves.

*When we forgive we walk in stride with our forgiving God.