This half-term, we will be looking at the value of forgiveness:
Wiping the Slate Clean
Forgiveness is…
Forgetting the hurts
Offering a new beginning
Restoring a friendship
Given and received
Identifying responsibility
Valuing the truth
Ending an argument
Not holding a grudge
Encourage honesty
Saying sorry
Starting again
Which line do you think describes real forgiveness? Why?
Our words of wisdom from the Bible this half-term are:
“Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive others.”
Turning Over a New Leaf
If a person is forgiven for something that they have done that is wrong, they usually want to show that they mean to behave differently in future. Sometimes this is called ‘turning over a new leaf’.
When Jesus visited a man called Zacchaeus that’s exactly what happened:
What did Zacchaeus do to show that he had turned over a new leaf and changed?
Have you ever done this?
