16 SPRING 2016
TAKE IT FROM HERE
A PASTOR'S PATH TO
FORGIVING HIS FATHER
Billy Waters
By D.G. Wynn
FORGIVENESS, GENUINE AND HEARTFELT, IS ELUSIVE THESE DAYS. HOW DO WE FORGIVE
GRIEVANCES ON THE SCALE OF TERRORISM? OR EVEN THOSE INJUSTICES THAT OCCUR
WITHIN OUR FAMILIES? HOW DO WE FORGIVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE TASTE FREEDOM
OF THE SORT LEWIS SMEDES DESCRIBES?
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"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and
discover that the prisoner was you."
Lewis B. Smedes