tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14059117.post8107411660724361581..comments2024-01-30T02:30:05.862-06:00Comments on Refreshment in Refuge: The Amish way of forgivenessRefreshment in Refugehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109290647409291383noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14059117.post-64761721425465596452010-04-08T09:11:47.631-05:002010-04-08T09:11:47.631-05:00I've been listening lately to Steve Saint, the...I've been listening lately to Steve Saint, the son of Nate Saint. Talk about forgiveness! The Amish who suffered the tragic murder of their children in the schoolhouse did well to set aside any need for revenge and take the loss (what we call "forgive") and comfort the killer's family. What Steve Saint and the other families did, however, goes a step beyond. They <i>embraced</i> the killers themselves. Steve considers those who brutally executed his father and his father's friends members of his own family. I hope and pray I can know what that kind of forgiveness looks like -- brushing aside the unjust loss I suffer to embrace the one who causes it.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.com