Describe how unforgiveness can hold you hostage and keep you from moving forward in hope. Is there someone you need to forgive or seek forgiveness from?
I believe, at least for me, that unforgiveness is like a poison. It not only affects that moment in which you are hurt, but then slowly grows to affect other aspects of your life. I believe that unforgiveness can even take over and begin to affect you physically, as well as mentally and emotionally. I believe that if not addressed it can make you a bitter, hard, angry person. I believe that it is sly though…you never see it happening. You think you’ve moved on, but it has taken hold of an area of your heart and darkened it, keeping the Light from being able to get through. Until reading this, I never thought about how it could also make you scared and weak, but I think that could be true too. I’ve always thought that I’d done a pretty good job at working through forgiveness for events in my life, but as I read this chapter, I saw a lot of myself. I also saw that there are some areas that I think I’ve forgiven or gotten forgiveness in that keep popping up. I’m thinking that I’m still holding something back there.
I need to pray more and see exactly where the hidden unforgiveness lies and then I need to work it through with God. This one is going to be ongoing.
Thank you, Lord, that you are with me and willing to help me as You shine Your Light into my life. Help me also learn to forgive myself and understand why I do what I do. Bring me back to the hope that you have for me, renewed every morning. Amen.
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