Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a …

Philip Yancey
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Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.
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The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it. ✨ Philip Yancey (2003). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.141, HarperCollins Christian Publishing
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