There is a rather significant difference between forgiveness and trust. Forgiveness is simply a matter of releasing a transgressor from their debt. But when trust has been violated and thereby lost, it takes substantially more to rebuild a relationship. Transgressors are fond of thinking that if they’ve truly been forgiven, everything will return to the way it was, but that is not true. While God does command us to forgive, He does not require us to place our trust in those who have proven to be unworthy of it.
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Thought for the Day – Trust & Forgiveness
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged forgiveness, transgressor, trust, trustworthy on January 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
There is a rather significant difference between forgiveness and trust. Forgiveness is simply a matter of releasing a transgressor from their debt. But when trust has been violated and thereby lost, it takes substantially more to rebuild a relationship. Transgressors are fond of thinking that if they’ve truly been forgiven, everything will return to the way it was, but that is not true. While God does command us to forgive, He does not require us to place our trust in those who have proven to be unworthy of it.
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