Would you be able to forgive the person who nearly killed you? Bret Lynn, a mechanic from the suburbs north of Philadelphia, was faced with this very question after a terrifying altercation that left him fighting for his life.

Arriving home from dropping his kids off at gymnastics, Bret noticed a person attempting to break into some of the cars in a lot of his family-owned shop, which is in close proximity to his home. When he told the man to leave, the situation escalated quickly and before he knew it, Bret had been stabbed and was in critical condition.

While in the ambulance, Bret recalled being in great pain — but he also found himself thinking a great deal about forgiveness. His Christian faith called him to be forgiving — but would he be able to do it when it mattered most? “If I couldn’t forgive when it really mattered, then I think my witness as a Christian would be hurt,” Lynn said of his attacker.

Feeling convicted by the Holy Spirit to “resolve the conflict” with his attacker. “My heart went out to him,” Bret said, explaining that his attacker had fallen on hard times.

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