A thought by Dallas Willard (2014-02-01) from his book, Renovation of the Heart: PuttingOn the Character of Christ (p. 60). NavPress. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Dallas goes on to say, “The person who can harm others and feel no remorse is, indeed, a different kind of person from the one who is sorry. There is little hope for genuine change in one who is without remorse, without the anguish of regret.” I had an incident this morning that really brought this thought to my mind, I know it was God. I had felt I was wronged and I treated someone unjustly who in no way deserved it. When I had left and started thinking about it I felt remorse and went back to try to find them and ask them for their forgiveness. I couldn’t find them but for sure I asked God to forgive me. What was my right took precedent over another person’s feelings and that is not God’s way for us to live. And I was sorry for what I had done. So many of us
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...