Carmichael: forgive but not forget

Monday, September 7, 2020
    Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957
Meditation:
    Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
    —1 Peter 3:9 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If I say, “Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forget,” as though God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
    ... Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), If [1938], London: SPCK, 1961, p. 40 (see the book)
    See also 1 Pet. 3:9; Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37; Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13
Quiet time reflection:
    Purify and complete my forgiveness, Lord. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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