Kelly Needham was getting her kids ready to leave the house. She got a little impatient and raised her voice.

We got in the car and I buckled everybody up, had a moment to just breathe while everybody was strapped in.

And I was going to turn around and apologize to my daughter.

Before I could get the words out, this comes from behind.

Mommy, are you going to apologize to me now?

Sweet girl! And you know what came out of me that moment?

Wrath!

I felt anger.

But, Kelly says, God is not like us and he does not respond like us to

some of the same circumstances. This is Revive Our Hearts for Monday, July 1st.

I'm Danagresh with Nancy De Moss Walgamuth, author of choosing forgiveness. you

respond when someone hurts you or treat you badly? Our first impulse might be to lash out in anger,

but today we're going to hear a better way,

a compassionate response.

Throughout this month on Reviver Hearts, we're going to be focusing on the topic of compassion.

And that's something that can be especially difficult when we've been wronged.

Stay tuned because later in the program I'm going to tell you about a time I needed to forgive someone who hurt me.

And I'll tell you which passage God used to help me do that.

Calanitum is a wife and a mob. God used to help me do that.

Calanitum is a wife and a mom, she's an author, and she's a good friend.

She and her husband Jimmy live in Texas with their five children,

and she was part of a gathering we hosted here at

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