Chuck Colson Writes: "After More Than Twenty ...

CHUCK COLSON WRITES: “AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS OF HOLDING DEEP ANGER AGAINST MY [BY THEN DECEASED] FATHER, I MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GO ON A JOURNEY OF THE HEART TO FORGIVE HIM. AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF JOURNEYING, MY FORGIVENESS FINALLY CAME. I BELIEVE IT CAME AS A GIFT OF INNER PEACE FROM GOD. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I OR ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING COULD HAVE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED ALL MY DEEP-SEATED NEGATIVE FEELINGS AGAINST MY FATHER. MY FORGIVING FINALLY CAME AS AN INNER PEACE WHICH "PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING."

From Gene Gregory’s Sermon: In Debt Up to Our Eyeballs