The Bridge to Forgiveness

by Kedar, Karyn D.

• ISBN13: 9781580233248
• ISBN10: 1580233244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

Forgiveness is a spiritual path that you embark on with intention and vision, purposefully seeking to bridge the gap between your hurt and suffering and your sense of wholeness and resilient inner light?the light of God.This inspiring guide for healing and wholeness supplies you with a map to help you along your forgiveness journey. Deeply personal stories, comforting prayers and intimate meditations gently lead you through the steps that allow for the evolution of forgiving?loss, anger, acceptance, learning, forgiveness and restoration. Tapping both ancient and contemporary sources for the nourishment and strength needed as you seek to rekindle inner peace, this book tenderly whispers encouragement as you are brought to?and realize you are able to cross?your own bridge to forgiveness.

Table of Contents

Like a strand of hair
The bridge	p. 1
The stepping-stones	p. 3
It's a matter of principle	p. 6
My rock	p. 8
Choosing	p. 9
An invitation to an awakening	p. 11
Love and fear	p. 13
The call	p. 15
Loss	p. 17
Forgiveness is not an emotion	p. 19
Path in the ice	p. 21
The ghost of love	p. 23
Moments are finite, yet forever	p. 24
Diminished light	p. 26
The darkness of the soul	p. 29
Anger	p. 31
Forgiveness and evil : a paradigm shift	p. 33
The commandment to act	p. 35
Memory	p. 36
The paradox of fire	p. 37
Light and warmth	p. 41
The case for anger	p. 42
Life defined	p. 44
Searching for focus	p. 45
Amen : saying "yes"	p. 48
Whispers	p. 50
Acceptance	p. 53
Pragmatic spiritual peace	p. 55
The truth	p. 56
The moon	p. 57
Tip toward compassion : concede the moral high ground	p. 59
Why is not the question	p. 62
Struggling with God	p. 65
Moving on : the new home	p. 66
Dance through the pain	p. 69
Tenderness	p. 72
Tug-of-war	p. 74
Forgiveness	p. 77
Holding on, letting go	p. 79
I know nothing	p. 80
The choice to be sustained	p. 82
The gates of repentance	p. 84
"Esa Enai - I lift my eyes"	p. 86
Looking for light in the shadows : Rakefet	p. 88
In the shadow of your wings	p. 91
The cemetery	p. 92
From a mother to her girls	p. 94
Learning	p. 97
Letting go	p. 99
With all my being	p. 101
God, divine source of love	p. 104
Learning from it all	p. 105
Ambiguity and control	p. 107
Where is God?	p. 109
Learning to yield	p. 111
Restoration	p. 113
Redemption : the day lilies	p. 115
Rebirth	p. 118
Wonder	p. 119
Protection	p. 121
Energy	p. 123
Forgiving God	p. 125
Dancer	p. 127
Beaver creek	p. 128
Zero visibility	p. 132
Fear and hope	p. 134
The silence behind the quiet	p. 135
Quiet my soul, O holy one	p. 137
Epilogue	p. 139
The bridge	p. 141
Perpetual crossings	p. 143
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