Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves--people who have earned the right to talk about forgiving.Some of these stories deal with violent crime, betrayal, abuse, hate, gang warfare, and genocide. Others address everyday hurts: the wounds caused by backbiting, gossip, conflicts in the home etc

This pdf-formatted e-book is a compilation of several dozen true-life experiences of individuals struggling with the difficult task of forgiving and asking for forgiveness. The stories run the gamut from spousal infidelity to murder to business betrayals to parental abuse to genocide.

Christians are commanded thus: “But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:15) This concept is repeated throughout the Bible from Genesis through the Pauline letters. The apologist Matthew Henry, commenting on Matthew 6:15, made this statement: “Here is a promise, If you forgive, your heavenly Father will also forgive. We must forgive, as we hope to be forgiven. Those who desire to find mercy with God, must show mercy to their brethren. Christ came into the world as the great Peace-maker, not only to reconcile us to God, but one to another.”

If you need help to overcome something that has consumed or preoccupied you with anger, resentment, emotional pain, need for revenge, and similar feelings, download this e-book for interesting stories of people burdened thus, how they coped, and how they eventually came to resolution through forgiveness.

(Maybe you need to forgive yourself...? “Why Forgive?” addresses this issue also.) ( )