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Altogether Forgiven
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
We are all on a lifelong journey and the core of its meaning, the terrible demand of its centrality, is forgiving and being forgiven. To forgive is to possess holy power over the person you are forgiving, power to change their life for God, for goodness, to free your enemy from his Enemy, that he might see his error. Come with me, beloved of God, come with me to behold the miracle of the universe - forgiveness.
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Forgiveness is . . .
Author: Martha Kilpatrick 14 February 2008
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Forgiveness is . . . accepting God's sovereign
use of people and situations
to strip you of self importance,
and humiliate your self love.
Forgiveness is . . . faith in God's Controlling Permission
and All-knowing Goodness
pouring out toward a tiny you.
Forgiveness is . . . hope that you will meet
only Divine Mercy for yourself.
Forgiveness is . . . love for the Great Forgiver
and simple obedience for His sake.
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Forgiveness is letting go . . . to God.
Giving your dreams entirely to Him to fulfill,
and . . . your self to His defense alone.
Forgiving is letting God be God!
and do whatever He likes . . .
or doesn't.
Forgiveness is not . . .
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1
Altogether Forgiven: Introduction
We are all on a lifelong journey and
the core of its meaning,
the terrible demand of its centrality is...continue reading
2
Good News
The gospel means "good news" . . .
what exactly IS the good news?
John the Baptist looked up from the river...continue reading
3
Jesus Paid It All
There is a lovely song . . . written by one
who knew the scope of forgiveness . . . .
"Jesus...continue reading
4
The Legal Universe
The universe is a legal system. The entire universe
operates by laws of nature sealed in place by God.
All things...continue reading
5
Sovereign Offenses
Hebrews 12:1-11
God is the Brooding Father to His children,
knowing all their weak spots and
unexposed sickness.
He is in absolute control...continue reading
6
Journal of Forgiveness
From my journal:
February 1, 2001
When I forgive the person, it is not finished; I must move to see
God's purpose...continue reading
8
Bitterness is . . .
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God;
that no root of bitterness springing up...continue reading
9
Pride is . . .
Most hurt is the pain of pride, for which
there is no relief.
Very few hurts are "suffering for Christ."
Pride is ....continue reading
10
Humility is . . .
Humility is . . . the bedrock of forgiveness.
Without deep humility, true forgiveness is impossible . . .
and will never...continue reading
11
Hamlet's Revenge
Hamlet is acknowledged as one of the greatest stories ever written. I have seen the movie version several times and...continue reading
12
Revenge and Power
Unforgiveness holds a certain heady power,
- the right to revenge -
even if only secret hating
and silent pouting.
To give up that...continue reading
13
Altar and Incense
The "Way of Christ"
is a life hidden within a constant flow of forgiveness,
walking inside the
Gift of His Cross
through...continue reading
14
Daniel's Worship
Surrender is the foundation of forgiveness.
and surrender is . . . worship
Unless the life is bowed to God in utter...continue reading
15
Joseph and Forgiveness
Before ever his brothers came to Egypt,
Joseph had forgiven . . . forgiven so deeply
that he had entered
God's...continue reading
16
Joseph and Reconciliation
How stunned Joseph must have been to see
his brothers before him, begging for bread
in famine.
Here they knelt before him, bowing...continue reading
17
Entrusting Not
Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast
many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing
and believed...continue reading
18
Unentangled Soldier
Take (with me) your share of the hardships and suffering
(which you are called to endure)
as a good first...continue reading
19
Disappointed?
A long time ago, I was just going about my duties. As I remember it,
I was bending over a bag...continue reading
20
Little
To forgive, you must be "little."
Only "little" people forgive.
It costs to forgive. It costs to not-forgive.
Either way, the price is...continue reading
21
Little Ones Who Stumble
The first and deepest wounds of the soul are
the wrongs of parents inflicted on the helpless child.
Those primal hurts are...continue reading
22
My Hand, My Eye
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,
cut it off and throw it away.
It is better for you...continue reading
23
Lost Sheep
Scripture Matt. 18:12-14
The pressure of self-sufficient living forces
the child in us into some silenced corner of our soul.
The terrors...continue reading
24
Confrontation
This priceless lesson of Jesus - complete in Matthew 18 -
has its sections and its culmination.
In the end, the...continue reading
25
The Witness of Two
But if he does not listen to you, take one or
two more with you, so that by
the mouth of...continue reading
26
Separation
Forgiveness is not the end of forgiving.
Beyond forgiving is the work of reconciliation.
not to the offended one, but to God!
An...continue reading
27
Lovers of Self
2 Timothy 3:2-5 NIV (emphasis mine)
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents,...continue reading
28
The Lazy
Now we charge you, brethren, in the name and on
the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)
that you...continue reading
29
True Power
Humanity is power mad
but ignorant of the power of forgiveness to
shake loose the devil's hold on souls.
And! On me!
Forgiveness is...continue reading
30
Another Life
Every command and every principle has a secret.
And for every question and every need and
indeed every command of Scripture...continue reading
