# “God means what He says” by C.S. Lewis

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- Published: 2008-11-18T14:54:25-06:00
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“It is perhaps not so hard to forgive a single great injury. But to forgive the 
incessant provocations of daily life– to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law,
the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son–
how can we do it?

Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in
our prayers each night ‘forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass
against us.’ We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse
God’s mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what He 
says.”

-–C. S. Lewis, “On Forgiveness” in _The Weight of Glory: And Other Addresses_ (New
York: HarperCollins, 1949/2001), 182-3.

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