Love Is Forgiving

LOVE IS FORGIVING

Begin by quieting your body and mind, remembering you are in God’s loving presence. Open your hands to reflect with your body your desire for a heart that’s open to whatever he has for you today. Spend a minute in silence.

Love absorbs the blows and releases the offender.

Love extends its hands and blesses.

Love is not bloodthirsty or vengeful.

Love is healing, liberating, and sparing.

• Spend a few moments in silence, reflecting on the truth that love forgives and blesses. In whom have you seen this kind of love? Where do you see it in your own life?
• Where do you see the forgiving nature of love reflected in Jesus’ life?
• Sit quietly and ask God to speak what’s true of your heart when it comes to forgiveness in your relationships. What did he show you? How is he inviting you to extend that forgiveness?

Father, you are love. Jesus, you are love. Holy Spirit, you are love.

Shape me into the image of love, and lead me in the way of love. Amen.