Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
Interpretation
Forgiveness is a deliberate choice independent of emotional state.
This quote by Corrie Ten Boom emphasizes that forgiveness is not merely an emotional response but a conscious decision made by an individual. It suggests that one can choose to forgive even when they feel hurt or resentful, highlighting the power of will in the process of healing and moving forward.
In practice
In a speech about conflict resolution, a speaker might say, 'As Corrie Ten Boom wisely stated, forgiveness is an act of the will.'
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in Godβs work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know such inherent joys are often lost. I also know that, being deep within us, their latent glow can be fanned to flame again by awareness and an open mind.
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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