Extending Forgiveness

Is forgiveness possible even when there is no restitution and no remorse on the part of the perpetrator? Is forgiveness possible when your pain and loss seem unbearable and the perpetrator appears to suffer no consequence? Bestselling author Virginia H. Pearce declares, ''We always have a choice when we are wounded. We can pass the pain on or return it. Or we can metabolize it and treat others differently than we ve been treated.'' Using real life examples and stories from the scriptures, she reveals that the greatest wounds we inflict are often those we have no idea that we are inflicting. But when we forgive others, we mirror God s mercy to us.