Forgiveness
“On Friday my father, Emmitt, would come home from his work, his weekly wage folded in the back pocket of his overall,” said Perry. “He would take a long bath, put on his cultivated jeans and shout freshly washed shirt and shout against us to find his shoes, a hint of the storm to come.
‘When he came home hours later, stinking alcohol and cigarettesThere would be a hell to pay. He would stump through the house, and if someone stood in the way, he would explode, fly his fists. He hit my mother, he hit me, he hit us all. “
“If you forgive someone, you don’t need Tyler that he is to his father, Emmit is to let them off the hook. Emmitt did our terrible things with us – and I remember everything. But when I learned about the abuse he had suffered, I thought it was easier to forgive. It was not I could do. It was God’s grace.”
God will really make your enemy off your footstool
He mentioned Luke 20:43. “A footstool is only necessary if you have to get higher. Let your enemy lift you.”
Perry added: “God will prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies So let them see you eat. “