“Can such a woman forgive such a beast of a man?”

Ugandan bishop Festo Kivengere visited a convention gathering of 11,000 in Kenya shortly following the Mau Mau uprising. He watched as a Kikuyu taxi drive from Nairobi, shaking and weeping, confessed that during three years as a terrorist he killed at least sixty people. Nevertheless, he felt God’s love and knew God had forgiven him of all his sins. Still, one incident troubled him. “But there may be a woman in this crowd whose husband I helped to hang in the bedroom, in front of her,” he said. “Can such a woman forgive such a beast of a man?” Indeed, a woman approached him form the crowd, which hushed with anticipation. She reached out and grasped the hand of her husbands killer. “I forgave you that night, when my husband prayed for you,” she said. “You are now my brother.”

Hansen Woodbridge, A God-Sized Vision: Revival stories that stretch and stir

"And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:12