S05 Episode 24: Forgiveness
Abiding Together
Abiding Together
4.9 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Abiding Together Podcast, we discuss the power of living a forgiving life, especially when it comes to parenting children, and how unforgiveness in our life can keep us in bondage, and stems from a wound that needs healing. We talk about how sometimes forgiveness feels like we are letting people off the hook, instead of it being a willingness to release our grasp and open ourselves up to God's grace.
One Thing We Love this Week
- Sister Miriam's one thing - Seeking Healing Through Forgiveness SEEK Talk with Fr. John Burns
- Michelle's one thing - Endow - Discovering the Doctors
- Michelle's other one thing - Story of forgiveness
- Heather's one thing - Blessed is She daily devotional for children ages 8-12 called Rise Up
Discussion Questions
- What is one area where you are finding it hard to offer forgiveness?
- Sister Miriam quotes this "resentment is like drinking a little bit of poison every day and hoping the other person dies." Discuss this truth in your own life.
- How can you model a life of forgiveness? If you have children, how can you teach your children about forgiveness?
- How have you experienced the mercy of God in your life?
Journal Questions
- Who in your life do you need to offer forgiveness to? What is holding you back from this?
- Journal about how you have felt God's mercy in your own life
- How have I hurt people in my life and need to ask for forgiveness? In what ways can I restore the relationship?
Quote to Ponder
"Forgiveness is the restoration of freedom to oneself, it is the key held in our own hand to our prison cell" - Saint Pope John Paul II
Scripture for Lectio Divina - Matthew 6:12
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us"
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast in partnership with Ascension. |
| 0:11.4 | Abiding Together is a place where you can find connection, rest and encouragement on your |
| 0:16.2 | journey with Jesus Christ. |
| 0:17.9 | My name is Sister Miriam James and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends |
| 0:22.2 | ever. |
| 0:23.2 | Heather Kim and Michelle Benzinger, what you're going to find is we're three normal women |
| 0:27.0 | who are on the journey who laugh, we cry, we have all kinds of adventures and our heart |
| 0:31.7 | is to share our love of Christ with you, our friendship and all the beautiful and broken |
| 0:35.9 | places that we encounter. |
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| 0:40.5 | Grab a cup of coffee, get settled in and welcome home. |
| 0:45.6 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast. |
| 0:48.4 | We are delighted to join you this week and we're going to talk about a topic that people |
| 0:52.0 | in our Facebook post have been asking us to discuss. |
| 0:55.0 | It's a topic that we often talk about ourselves and we often talk about with other people |
| 0:59.5 | that we speak at conferences at. |
| 1:00.8 | So we think it's going to bless you but I'm going to make you wait to hear what the topic |
| 1:03.7 | is because we're going to talk to Michelle and Heather first and I'm missing you guys. |
| 1:07.6 | I'm looking at you. |
| 1:08.6 | The last time we recorded we were all together and now Heather's wearing plaid and I'm not |
| 1:11.6 | there in the same room with her Heather. |
| 1:13.0 | What's up girl? |
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