CNA: “We forgive because we know that God also forgives.”
These are the words of a woman whose family members were killed during the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago.
Her words are incredible, but they are not unique. The most moving part of my recent trip to Rwanda was witnessing the unbelievable forgiveness that is taking place there.
I watched another woman embrace the man who had killed her family, in a gesture of solidarity and forgiveness, and I found myself overwhelmed. The idea of forgiving the person who brutally murdered your entire family is unfathomable to me. But as I listened to the testimonies of people across the country, that is what I heard, again and again. Read more here.
