Many people believe forgiveness is a feeling. Like they can tell they’ve forgiven someone when they feel good toward that person. No. Forgiveness is in action. You forgive someone when you give them love. That may mean confronting them, or meeting a need, or giving your time.
Forgiveness does not mean becoming a doormat, but it does necessitate offering the person a way to earn the trust back. Whether they choose to take the offer or not has nothing to do with your forgiveness.
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Right. And folks have to realize that earning trust back takes time.
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True repentance means accepting consequences with humility, yes. So long as the terms for earning the trust back are fair and given in the spirit of charity and love.
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