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TLS09: Wess Stafford
By Jeremy | August 17, 2009
Pain and Forgiveness
Wess Stafford, President and CEO of Compassion
Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2009
(My notes below were taken real time via Twitter. Read them from the bottom up.)
# B Hybels: don’t limit definition of redemption. No experience is wasted. God even turns unspeakable evil for good. #tls0911:34 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: forgiveness may not mean 4getting. BUT it is forsaking the right to revenge. Then God can restore & redeem ur pain. #tls0911:32 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: The key to overcoming pain is forgiveness. Don’t let abuser live in ur heart rent-free. Abuser took yestrday, but can’t hve 2moro #tls0911:30 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: I exist just above the tear line. But my story & overcoming pain makes me useful. Every story can be redeemed. Don’t stay damaged #tls0911:27 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: I wasn’t satans tool. Just a hurt lil boy who found his voice. I cld win this time. Endured the pain w courage. Frm victim2victor #tls0911:23 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: too often in churches, children are a 2nd rate mandate. Abusive adults cause children to resent the god professed by those adults #tls0911:13 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# WS: pain is catalyst for passion, integrity, and application of personal gifts. #tls0911:06 AM Aug 7th from twidroid
# Wes Stafford: “Too Small to Ignore: Why the least of these matter most.” Love children bc TODAY we shape the future.
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