REPENTANCE

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“For see what a great earnestness your being saddened in a godly way produced in you, yes, clearing of yourselves, yes, indignation, yes, fear, yes, righting oF the wrong!” – Apostle Paul – 2 Cor. 7:11 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

“It’s never too late to say I’m sorry.” – Laura – (age 10)

“The wolves became lambs. Such transformations occur in the last agonies of life.  However different and imperfect the various sketches of religion are, even when belief is shapeless—there is a trembling of the soul.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Without forgiveness there is no future. – Desmond Tutu

“Forgive me for everything I’ve done wrong.  I don’t have time to go through it because I am going to die.” – Lori Lightner – on Flight 1549 crashing into the Hudson River

True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change in behavior. – Ezra T. Benson

The further behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. – Isabella Eberhardt

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient—then repent. – Bob Dylan

Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like to keep in touch. – Robert Orien

Help me to do good, be good and stay good. – My son Toby’s goodnight prayer at 4 years old.

A true repentance shuns the evil itself, more than the external suffering and shame. – William Shakespeare

Guilt—the gift that keeps on giving. – Erma Bombeck    

When two friends get angry with each other, whoever takes the initiative to forgive first— generally gets the first blessing. – Gary Pulliam

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. – Beverly Sills

For a small reward a man will hurry away on a long journey, while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step. – Thomas a’ Kempis

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. – Voltaire

Four marks of true repentance: Acknowledgement of the wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution. – Corrie Ten Boom

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld                                                        

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“Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing  may come from Jehovah himself.” – Apostle Luke – Acts 3:19 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

“It’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.  It’s a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” – Charles Darney, redeeming himself, facing execution by guillotine at the conclusion of A TALE OF TWO CITIES – Charles Dickens

It is far easier to forgive an enemy after you have gotten even with them. – Olin Miller            

Mistakes are a fact of life—it’s the response to error that counts. – My life story

I have been all things unholy.  If God works through me, he can work through anyone. – Francis of Assisi

Glance into the rearview mirror (past mistakes) but don’t gaze into it or you will lose sight of the future. – Anonymous

Don’t wait until you’re too old or sick to have time to repent! – Gary Pulliam

I’ve learned that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. – Andy Rooney                                   

Forgiveness is love practiced among people who love poorly.  It sets us free without wanting anything in return. – Henry Nouwen

Repentance is accepted remorse. – Sophie Swetchine

“Grief is an examination.  There is no judge so searching as conscience conducting its own trial.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

He who can’t forgivebreaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. – George Herbert

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel.  Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.  – Catherine Ponder

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it’s a permanent attitude. – Martin Luther King

The greatest griefs are the ones we cause ourselves. – Sophocles

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius

Don’t take guilt trips.  Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. – George Carlin

True repentance does not permit repetition. –Spencer W. Kimball

Smoking means always having to say you’re sorry. – Somebody important

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“But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, for your brother was dead but has come to life; he was lost and has been found.” – Jesus Christ (Illustration of Prodigal Son) – Apostle Luke–Luke 15:32 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

Beside the act of saving someone’s life, the greatest act in the human experience could be the personal sacrifice we make when we forgive someone. – Gary Pulliam