Why Am I Stuck In Unforgiveness?
I have been on this journey of forgiveness for quite a few years now, and this week, God showed me forgiveness was not at completion. Not for lack of trying, for sure. But still I am shocked at the length and depth of the process.
I do know that some things that God requires us to forgive will be a longer deeper process than other things. If we have been hurt by someone close to us, like a spouse, parent, child, or dear friend, or if the pain has been repeated and protracted, or if the tragedy occurred when we were a child or adolescent, or if the trauma was particularly heinous or the loss very profound, the process of forgiveness will be longer and require more of us.
Like you, I have a number of people and incidences to forgive. I will focus on just one offender right now for simplicity.
I started years ago with the first step of forgiveness: release. Releasing the offender to God.
“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12:19
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