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The Journey of Forgiveness (pt. 3)

  Step 3 Express your hurt and anger: It is not enough to simply identify the emotions, we need an effective way to express them…especially anger. The word express means to press something out like squeezing juice from a lemon.  Expressing our destructive emotions is important because it gets them out of our system so they cannot poison us any longer. Here are some ways to express them… Talk with a trusted friend (someone who will listen without trying to...

The Journey of Forgiveness (pt. 2)

Step 2 Identify the emotions involved: Fear… if the wrong done to you happened as a child and the offender was an adult, fear often is carried into adulthood. Guilt (whether real or false) has to do with what we have done. Shame has to do with who we feel we are and shame makes us want to hide from others so they can’t find out “who we really are.” Anger… when we begin to come to grips with what...

Set me free… please.

I woke up at 3 a.m. with this pounding on my heart because some of my baggage showed up in my dreams minutes before. I have taken 45 minutes to carefully choose my words (this being directed toward myself but I share it in case you might benefit as well). Being angry with someone for more than a few moments changes your disposition and countenance (affecting not just your present but your future) and hurts you far more than it...