Forgiveness Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes
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Lewis B. Smedes teaches that you can forgive even if you don’t fully understand why someone hurt you, and that forgiveness doesn’t delete the painful memory but gives it a new shape. He says true forgiveness frees the mind from hate and stops us from demanding a certain reaction. He also notes that forgiving freely is the only real way to let go.
![“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory…” quote by Lewis B. Smedes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/lewis-b-smedes-4850_alive_if-we-say-that-monsters-people-who-do-te_940482.png)
