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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My ability to heal cannot be conditional on them wanting my forgiveness but only on my willingness to give it. She wanted to get back with him so she had to learn how to forgive him and she teaches us from her experience.

For anyone grasping for a hint of grace through forgiveness, this book will certainly be a blessing. But in surprising ways, she's discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren't willing to make things right. It’s easier to ignore this person altogether than to try and figure out boundaries so they don’t keep hurting me. I also walked away from reading this book and completing the Bible study with little insight as to how to forgive others and found it odd that one of the biggest issues for Lysa to forgive was simply glossed over and the reader was left guessing that everything worked out.

Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind You know you can't go on living like this, but you don't know what to do next.

Though for me, many of the earlier chapters kind of had me nodding along with familiarity as I read, there were still practical elements I was able to pick out of it. Identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships, so you can believe there is still good ahead. The book arrived in a bubble-wrapped package and I must say, I'm thankful for how well-protected the it is. We can certainly be mad or frustrated with God, but that is ultimately our own sin and we are the ones who then need to repent and seek His forgiveness. This book kept my attention and it has so much in it about what is actually going on with me in my life.I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. What we've gone through is not a waste when it fertilizes that softened ground of our hearts, increasing the chances for new life to thrive. I purchased FWYCF a couple of years ago, but didn’t get around to reading it until recently when my church had a women’s Bible study on it.

Please do not refuse a shipment or ignore requests from carriers regarding duty and/or tax liability charges. Adding humility into the situation acknowledges the unfairness I have felt but affirms a trust in God to do what He needs to both in their hearts and mine. With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of 1,000 hours of study, Lysa will help youlearn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they're sorry;walk through a step by step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today;discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now;identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead; anddisempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.Her story moved me in such a way that I’m now recounting my own hurts and finding them like tiny pieces of dust I can sweep away with a cloth. And I will definitely refer back to her list of verses that catalog the importance of forgiveness for all believers. In reality, though, it was a thief in disguise, out to steal every bit of closeness between me and those I love. Each chapter is deep, challenging, and real--like sitting down with a friend and counselor at the same time. Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now.

Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today. And that’s when I just want to lie down on the floor in a very dramatic way and loudly declare, “BUT I AM NOT JESUS!In fact, I don’t believe I got a clear answer on how to forgive other than to go and read some scripture verses that were recommended. Wrongs we deem were never made right are incredibly stealthy in their ability to sit, quietly seething, until that one more wrong done to us gives them permission to finally scream. After all, grace gives us the assurance that it's safe enough to soften our fearful hearts, but it is the truth that will set us free. He is faithful, so if He's allowing what I'm seeing, it must somehow be part of His weaving together a much bigger plan.