Chuck Bryant
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Yeah, I agree with you.
So it's not – it's so tricky with the definition because when you think of forgiveness, you think I'm saying – and it's really not what it is.
What you're not saying is it's okay what you did.
Okay, so yes, that's a huge point.
You know what I mean?
That's not a key component of forgiveness.
And that's a very confusing thing for a lot of people too is that the idea that if you forgive somebody, you're condoning their behavior.
You're saying it's okay what they did.
That's not the point of forgiveness.
And from what psychologists who research this are coming up with, they're saying, no, what you're doing when you forgive somebody is to say, I know what you did.
I know what you did last summer.
I can live with that.
It doesn't make it any better.
It doesn't make it any better.
It doesn't excuse what you did.