Hi Christian Salafia

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Thanks AJ,

I think they're all interconnected, redemption, forgiveness, and even confession and repentance, yet they're not dependent on each other.  They all play together, like instruments in a symphony.

I think, and I'm taking a stab in the dark here, that redemption doesn't play as much in our forgiving someone as much as it may play in them forgiving themselves.  Our forgiving them, even just a little, can show them that redemption and grace are possible, and sometimes that little spark of hope is all that stands between life and death and can set them on the path towards forgiving themselves.

I believe, and sometimes learning this lesson is more difficult than I like, that, like you, redemption is more in the process, the path, than in the destination.