When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
my desire, i make mistakes, forgiveness
The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
forgiveness, willingness, forgive
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.