Healing the hurts we dont deserve has 3 available editions to buy at. Publication date 1996 topics forgiveness publisher harpersanfrancisco. Smedes, former professor of theology and ethics at fuller theological seminary, is the author of numerous books, including forgive and forget and how can it be all right when everything is all wrong. Although this book is an oldie, its a golden oldie. Healing the hurts we dont deserve, and the art of forgiving, and more on. For all of us who have been wounded by another and struggled to understand and move beyond our feelings of hurt and anger, lewis smedess classic book on forgiveness shows that it is possible to heal our pain and find room in our hearts to forgive. Smedes on the spiritual practice of forgiveness, looming large in our private and public lives.
In an easytoread yet astute analysis of the meaning and value of forgiveness, smedes teaches the reader that more than anything, forgiveness is a way of healing. Smedes goes a bit deeper, allowing for unresolved questions, messy resolutions, and the ache of the human condition, while offering hope for a journey that moves forward, rather than staying stuck. Smedes published 1984 psychology for all of us who have been wounded by another and struggled to understand and move beyond our feelings of hurt and. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. In this moving spiritual memoir, finished shortly before his death in december 2002, lewis smedes, beloved teacher and bestselling author, takes readers through his own lifelong walk with god. Healing the hurts we dont deserve plus 2rev ed by lewis smedes isbn. Forgive and forget download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. For all of us who have been wounded by another and struggled to understand and move beyond our feelings of hurt and anger, lewis smedess classic book on. Smedes, professor of theology and ethics at fuller theological seminary in pasadena, california. The second part of the book talks about forgiving people who are hard to forgive invisible people, people who do not care, ourselves, monsters, and god.
He is the awardwinning author of fifteen books, including forgive and forget. Finally there can be a coming together of the injurer and the injured, but many times this does not or cannot take placewhen we forgive people who are indifferent to us or despise us or and smedes writes eloquently here when we forgive the dead, such as our parents. Healing the hurts we dont deserve by lewis b smedes online at alibris. Smedes snippet view i read an article recently on forgiveness and this book was referenced several times so i decided to read this and delve deeper into the study of forgiveness. If we say that monsters people who do terrible evil are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have. Discover book depositorys huge selection of lewis b smedes books online. Healing the hurts we dont deserve by smedes, lewis b. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. When we forgive, we ignore the normal laws that strap us to the natural law of getting even and, by the alchemy of love, we release ourselves from our own painful pasts, writes lewis b. In my god and i smedes gives voice to both the struggles and the joys of his life, revealing his deepest questions to a god who would never let him go and expressing his eager anticipation of the day.
Lewis benedictus smedes 1921 december 19, 2002 was a renowned christian author, ethicist, and theologian in the reformed tradition. Breaking down the process of healing into four stages and offering stories of real peoples experience throughout, this wise book provides hope and solace for all. Click download or read online button to get forgive and forget book now. The best books on forgiveness cite smedes as a seminal thinker in this field. The best books on forgiveness cite smedes as a seminal thinker in this. I came away from the book with far more understanding than when i started reading. Smedes show you how to move form hurting and hating to healing and reconciliation. Smedes, an influential christian theologian, published a book called forgive and forget. With the lessons of forgiveness, you can establish healthier relationships, reclaim the happiness that should be yours, and achieve lasting peace of mind. The paperback of the forgive and forget by lewis b.
Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over 100,000 booksellers. He was a professor of theology and ethics for twentyfive years at fuller theological seminary in pasadena, california. Smedes the magic eyes a little fable in the village of faken in innermost friesland there lived a long thin baker name. Forgive and forget by lewis smedes erik reads and writes. By using a four stage process and real life experiences, smedes offers hope and solace for anyone who. If we wait to forgive people until they say they are sorry we make ourselves. Forgiving is loves revolution against lifes unfairness.
His 15 books, including the popular forgive and forget. Forgive and forget healing the hurts we dont deserve lewis. When we forgive, he says, we set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner we set free is us. He was a professor of theology and ethics at fuller theological seminary in pasadena, california, for twentyfive years. Lewis smedess classic book on forgiveness shows that it is possible to heal our pain and find room in our hearts to forgive. Forgive and forget for all of us who have been wounded by another and struggled to understand and move beyond our feelings of hurt and anger, lewis smedess classic book on forgiveness shows that it is possible to heal our pain and find room in our hearts to forgive. There are hundreds of books on the subject of forgiveness but none of them to my knowledge summarize the topic as well as smedes. Smedes wrote about forgiving not as a blessing you could confer upon those who had hurt you but rather as a way to heal your own. For all of us who have been wounded by another and struggled to understand and move beyond our feelings of hurt and anger, lewis smedess classic book on for. Healing the hurts we dont deserve 0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. Smedes 19212002 was a renowned author, ethicist, and theologian.
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