Unbelievable act of Forgiveness

Forgiveness - how easy could you forgive someone? It's difficult right? Don't worry, you are not alone. Forgiveness is never easy, if it was, then we would have world peace at this time. And I have something to share with you, it shocked me the 1st time I saw it, it also encouraged me to forgive.


Gary Ridgway, a known serial killer in the US, admitted to the killing of 71 women and 49 of them were already identified as his victims. He was sentenced to life for 480 years.

When he was interviewed back on 2001, he mentioned that he killed so many that he lost count of it. Most of his victims were either prostitutes or runaways.

He would pick up women and strangle them, throwing the bodies on the woods and would go back to them to have sexual intercourse. One of his victims was the very young Linda Rule who was just 16 years old.



Gary was apprehended on November of 2001 and he was put on a trial. Ridgway confessed to the killings and a verdict was given to him.

On the court trial, family members of the victims were present and as expected, a lot of the family members damned Ridgway. They wished for him to suffer so much is as if they wanted him dead. Who could blame them, for what he has done, who wanted him alive?

But not this man, Robert Rule stood and exactly did the opposite.  Check this video out.


How far could you go and forgive someone? For Mr. Rule, he did something that no one did in that courtroom.

Why? Because he believed in God. He believed in forgiveness.

Matthew 18:21-22

21 Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Does anyone need your forgiveness? If Mr. Rule can forgive his daughter's killer, then you can forgive too! It may not be instant but work on it, don't hurry it up. Forgive and start making, if not the world at least yourself better.

God bless you!

Video is not mine, all credit goes to SnapOMGcom.
Picture is not mine, credit goes to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Ridgway_1982_Mugshot.jpg