To forgive is to put down your fifty pound pack
after a ten mile climb up a mountain.
To forgive is to fall into a chair
after a fifteen mile marathon.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free
and discover that the prisoner was you.
To forgive is to reach back into your hurting past
and recreate it in your memory so that you can begin again.
To forgive is to dance to the beat of God's forgiving heart.
It is to ride the crest of Love's strongest wave.
Lewis b. Smedes
