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The Journey Day 30: Forgiveness, The Healing Factor of Champions
Forgiveness is not easy. The first step is the hardest because it is an admittance that hurt has occurred and a weak point was found. Human beings have an aversion to being vulnerable. This is not about the “you stepped on my shoe” kind of forgiveness. This is the hard stuff, “you hurt my heart to the core” kind of forgiveness. To be like Him means we have to leave the door open to real reconciliation as He would. We have to want to see God more than we want to hold on to the hurt, but some days, it is not easy. I have personally caught myself thinking, “I am failing and this is not going to work.” However, God is the God of the impossible and strengthens us through it all. There has been several times recently where
God has awakened me to forgive and bless those who dropped me, wronged me, and left me. This is His Word. I can attest it was the combination of healing through forgiveness and blessing my enemies that catapulted me into another place of healing and moving on. Healing through forgiveness and blessing your enemies leaves the door open for reconciliation in the future. Not all of the people who treated us badly are the spawn of the enemy (intentionally malicious to the core). Sometimes, hurt people hurt people. Sometimes hurt people are healed and need the same reconciliation grace that we all need. This does not mean you…
