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Learn from the story of Joseph how to forgive, find peace and move forward, even when its hard.
Life gets messy sometimes. When relationships break down and youre deeply hurt, it can feel impossible to move forward. But the Bible has wisdom for a way through.
Using the story of Joseph and his brothers as a model, author Wendy Alsup explores what repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation can look like, even in extremely difficult circumstances. Readers will see that peace, freedom and fruitfulness really are possible, even when certain things cant be fixed.
Readers will also be encouraged by the reminder of Gods ultimate plan for reconciliation and can look forward to being part of it in the new creation.
Includes present-day examples and stories of lives transformed by the power of forgiveness, including the authors own struggles.
From the Publisher
Wendy Alsup
Wendy Alsup is the author of Companions in Suffering and Practical Theology for Women. She lives on an old family farm in South Carolina, where she teaches math at a local community college and is a mother to her two boys. She writes at theologyforwomen.org and gospelcenteredwoman.org.
Jen Wilkin, Author and Bible teacher
The healing power of forgiveness is well-attested, but rarely is it presented to us framed so aptly in the Scriptures. Wendy Alsup gives us more than a pat proverb or a hurried how-to. She retells at length an ancient forgiveness story both beautiful and true, interweaving it with her own story of hurt and healing. She invites us to examine our own capacity to fight to forgive by the power of the Spirit of grace that lives within us. As I read, I contemplated with fresh resolve those to whom I could grant forgiveness, and those whose forgiveness I should seek.
Nancy Guthrie, Author and Bible Teacher
From the first page to the last, I read this book with a lump in my throat and sometimes tears in my eyes. I experienced what I think most readers will experience as they read it—a connection to its stories and truths as one who has both resisted extending forgiveness and needed to be forgiven. While admitting that it might take time and will likely be messy and complex, Wendy makes the miracle of grace required for forgiveness, confession, repentance, and release seem possible. This is the hope we all need to take a step forward.
J. Alasdair Groves, Executive Director, CCEF
This is an honest book. Alsup is not writing an abstract treatise on forgiveness and reconciliation, but has rather interwoven the deeply personal threads of her own story with a profound and extended meditation on the life of Joseph and his protracted reconciliation with his brothers. If you’ve been wounded and need a patient friend on the fragile path of redemption, I would highly commend I Forgive You.
Helen Thorne Director of Training and Resources, Biblical Counselling UK
In this fallen world, none of us are immune from hurt or hurting others. If we’re honest, most of us find forgiveness hard. In this easy-to-read book, Wendy Alsup gives us space to wrestle with the complexity of forgiveness and encouragement to desire it. Our eyes are lifted to the God who is sovereign, gracious, and kind—and that’s always a hope-filled place for a struggling Christian to gaze toward.
Publisher : The Good Book Company (January 1, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1784986860
ISBN-13 : 978-1784986865
Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.28 x 0.63 x 8.43 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book’s discussion of forgiveness and justice in Scripture encouraging and uplifting. They appreciate the clear, concise writing style and relatable approach. The book is biblically-based and centered on strengthening faith.
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