Gil Mertz

Voices Contributor

When It Comes to Forgiveness, Remember How to Forget

For many of us, our painful memories are much like a rope tied to a stake in the ground. Just like this enormous elephant, we could break free at any time, but we are held captive based on what we remember. Since we think we cannot forget our past, it spills over into our peace in the present and sabotages our purpose for the future.

When It Comes to Forgiveness, Remember How to Forget

When We Forgive, That's When We Are Most Like God

Forgiveness is one of those rare subjects that impacts everybody. Whenever I teach on forgiveness I often ask how many in the room have been hurt by someone else and needed to forgive them? And then I ask how many have hurt someone else and needed to be forgiven? It's always unanimous.

When We Forgive, That's When We Are Most Like God