tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post7221513502418327228..comments2022-12-06T09:02:47.138-08:00Comments on Spiritual Memoirs 101: Does forgiveness leave room for forgetting AND remembering?Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06961495299893766830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post-14615137303015560262012-11-08T08:48:32.185-08:002012-11-08T08:48:32.185-08:00Linda, I love this post! Forgiveness, including se...Linda, I love this post! Forgiveness, including self-forgiveness,is so challenging and yet so freeing. I have experienced both through my writing but it still remains challenging. I appreciate your reminders that forgiveness can open up pathways of healing. Anything that worthwhile is well-worth the effort. Thank you for always sending me the message I most need to hear :-)<br />Blessings and Hugs,<br />Kathykathleen poolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011121167730644229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post-35969015426805446672012-11-05T11:50:26.118-08:002012-11-05T11:50:26.118-08:00Hi, Jess, I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Memoi...Hi, Jess, I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Memoirists, it seems, wrestle more with the realities of forgiveness than do others. Perhaps memoirists dig deeper than the average population--which is good! It's not easy, but well worth the effort to both figure out forgiveness, practice it, accept God's forgiveness for ourselves, and somehow write about it for those who will someday read our memoirs. I am convinced that others will be blessed if we take the time to write them out.<br /><br />Happy writing, Jess!<br /><br />LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961495299893766830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post-82804227848627308312012-11-05T11:48:00.077-08:002012-11-05T11:48:00.077-08:00Hi, Diana. Thanks for leaving your words of wisdom...Hi, Diana. Thanks for leaving your words of wisdom. Forgiveness is something everyone must deal with, and it's a topic--an experience--memoir writers must really address. Writing our stories can bring healing, and sometimes that leads us to recognize our need to forgive, and how to go about it. Thanks for helping move all of us that direction, Diana.<br /><br />LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961495299893766830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post-27800908179660104842012-11-05T05:04:39.979-08:002012-11-05T05:04:39.979-08:00I too, love this post! So timely and so needed as ...I too, love this post! So timely and so needed as we navigate this culture of sin. Yes, we are called to forgive. In fact, as forgiven people, it is a "debt we owe." But restoration and reconciliation take time and may never return the relationship to its prior cadence.<br />Blessings to you and yours~Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742425014656556927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180411212335315424.post-26862791181489555482012-11-01T22:51:39.956-07:002012-11-01T22:51:39.956-07:00Linda - I LOVE this post. Forgiveness does not mea...Linda - I LOVE this post. Forgiveness does not mean reconciliation all the time. Forgiveness is for our benefit as well as the one who has harmed us. Forgiveness is not simple, it is not quick, it is not easy. And to gloss over it is just plain wrong. Thank you for these great reminders!!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778701909628887403noreply@blogger.com