Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again

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Author Lysa TerKeurst has faced these questions in her own life, and she shares how her belief in God and the act of forgiveness freed her to live the happier life she ultimately deserved. I have a choice to keep adding my anger and resentment into the equation, or I can make the rare choice to add in my own humility. This book kept my attention and it has so much in it about what is actually going on with me in my life. I know that they have to use examples of life to give us a better understanding, but it seems like more and more of her books are just story telling of her divorce.

Forgiveness releases to the Lord your need for them to be punished or corrected, giving it to the only One who can do this with right measures of justice and mercy. My ability to heal cannot be conditional on the other person receiving adequate consequences for their disobedience but only on my obedience to trust God's justice whether I ever see it or not. It's also beginning to be a red flag when someone has a widely popular ministry, as Biblical Truth is generally not met with a wide appeal. Throughout, TerKeurst reminds readers that “the goal with forgiveness isn’t perfection—it’s progress” and that none of it is possible without Jesus: “I am forgiven.

She wanted to get back with him so she had to learn how to forgive him and she teaches us from her experience. Bestseller TerKeurst ( It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way), president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, again plumbs the depths of her heartbreak to help readers through the difficulties of forgiveness in this excellent, revealing rumination.

we are working toward keeping our compassion for others without slipping into having out-of-control reactions to their out-of-control actions. I also think working through Celebrate Recovery's workbooks makes most other reading materials on forgiveness and amends feel a bit more cake. And maturity has a depth of empathy for others and a patience for imperfection that is less likely to get so easily offended. So go in with your eyes open to the fact that this author is not a therapist or counselor, instead she is a Christian woman who has been through a lot and has a very specific way of dealing with it all. Taking what was actually terrible in the past and tricking ourselves into thinking it was better than it was.If healing hasn't' been worked out and forgiveness hasn't' been walked out, chaos is what will continue to play out. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Each chapter is deep, challenging, and real--like sitting down with a friend and counselor at the same time.