forgiveness
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I carry in my heart the scars of my yesteryears. I cannot simply remove them. That’s not how this life works. While God has redeemed so much of the past, I carry the burden of the years I’ve lived. We all do. Healing and restoration does not mean that the experience leaves our minds, our…
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Nothing was going to bring my virginity back. The murdered women could not be raised from the dead. What then did I seek? What could bring justice to any of this? In my 20s I began to read the bible and search for a God who was a different God than my father had taught…
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Forgiveness is a word that tastes foreign on my tongue, as if it doesn’t belong in my mouth, as if it were meant for someone softer, someone less burdened by the weight of memory. But I’ve learned that to move forward, to even begin to shape a better tomorrow, I must grapple with this elusive…
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Growing up, I experienced a childhood marred by victimization. Those who should have protected me became the source of my deepest wounds. Each betrayal, each harsh word, and each broken promise chipped away at my faith in humanity. I felt abandoned, and trust became a foreign concept. How could I believe in the goodness of…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Forgiving what you cannot forget was a Sunday message I heard last week. While the thought of God is for me to release myself from those that hurt me, it is never His thoughts to keep me tethered to them. It is…
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Each week on Tuesday we will answer an anonymous message received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. There are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but no one wants to talk about it. We will. If you need anonymous advice from Jesus’ girls…
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For me it was a long way down the line, after years and years of healing work, of prayer, and of raging (in therapy and in prayer) at my abusers, that I was ready to open myself to the possibility of forgiveness. No amount of willed or false or hopeful forgiveness was going to fix…
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The ability to see goodness and beauty in oneself is linked to seeing it in others. My own journey through childhood PTSD and adult struggles taught me that much of my misery stemmed from my inability to connect with and care for others. Real change came when I stopped making excuses and started empathizing and…
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An excerpt from Morgan Snyder’s book “Becoming a King:” “The context of the journey of deliverance from the false self and restoration of the true self is unique, but the process is universal. It begins with awareness. The first step to becoming true is becoming aware of the false. Who am I in my false…
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“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.” Albert Einstein Each week on Tuesday we will answer an anonymous message received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. Dear Bits n’ B, “I have a very complicated relationship with my family. This post is directed at my dad’s…