“Forgiveness and Joy”

Professor Miroslav Volf and Mr. Paul Gorrrell  deliver a lecture entitled, “Forgiveness and Joy.” If you have seriously wronged someone, it is a joyous thing to be told: “It’s OK. I don’t count it against you!” But is there joy in offering apology and in restoring a measure of what your wrongdoing has taken away? And if you yourself have been wronged, is there joy in forgiving? Is not revenge – “sweet revenge” – more joyful than forgiveness?