The Power of Forgiveness

The legacy of grace is freedom for the victim, and often redemption for the one who has offended so deeply. People can change – but they need a supernatural intervention to do so. That supernatural act is grace.

I believe in the awesome power of forgiveness, grace and redemption because I have been the recipient of them. They are what make me a follower of Christ. His rich, unquestionable, total and continuous forgiveness is transformational. This forgiveness is what separates the Christian faith from all others. There is no condemnation in Christ for the believer. How utterly beautiful.

So how to forgive those who have ripped your heart out? Call on the Creator of the grace that He offers to you, and ask him to fill your heart with it so that you may freely give it to others. One of life's highest and most fulfilling callings is to be a gracious warrior for truth. As Romans 12:18 says, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.” It really is the only way you will ever be at peace within yourself.