Forgiven, Forgiving, & Free: The Peace of Living Without a Past – A Partial Review
After a break from teaching and a foray into teaching younger children during Bible class, I am back to teaching our Wednesday night ladies’ class for a time. On my surprise visit to a day of Polishing the Pulpit this fall, I was excited to see some of my favorite people: Dan and Diane Winkler. I was also excited to purchase Dan’s new book about forgiveness.
If you are like most people, the idea of forgiveness is something we all want but may struggle to give. I was enthralled with reading about this topic from someone who has so publicly been called upon to grapple with and demonstrate the Christian grace of forgiveness.
I can say without reservation that my excitement has not been disappointed or abated as I work my way through the book. If you read the whole title of this article, you noticed that it said a “partial” review. That is because I am only halfway through the book and cannot wait to share it!
As I began the book, what I wanted was a formula to help me move beyond previous hurts and be able to forgive others. What I found was the wisdom of starting with the perfect standard – God’s forgiveness. We are sure to fall short of our aim, so starting with the highest standard is the only way we have a chance to reach our best. Dan Winkler has an amazing ability to state a profound truth so simply that you have to go back and reread it to get the depth and impact it contains. He uses the beautiful pictures given to us by God in His word and makes forgiveness attainable in all directions.
The book is available in Kindle format and paperback here. Although only halfway through the book myself, I highly recommend it for anyone struggling to forgive others or to feel forgiven by God.
Ephesians 2:4-8
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God …”
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