Forgiveness is hard. But God knows that. He knows it doesn’t immediately erase years of pain. He also knows that my letting go in forgiveness is just as important for me as it is for those I need to forgive. Here’s a quote from Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal–A Journey Out of Self-Injury:
God is all about forgiveness and relationship.
As we grasp how much he has forgiven us, forgiveness of those who have hurt us seems more and more possible. In living out our relationship with him, one that is grounded in forgiveness, we are able to begin the difficult but freeing work of forgiving both others and ourselves.
Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal
A Journey Out of Self-Injury
p. 174
That’s where I want to go with God daily. Toward that difficult but freeing work of forgiving . . . myself . . . others.
Even when it feels impossible.
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted,
forgiving each other just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
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