I Forgive Myself First, So I May Then Forgive Others.
When I am hurt, it can be tempting to lash out at the ones I hold responsible for my pain. I might feel that’s fair and just, but I also know punishing someone who hurt me only serves to add more anger and sadness to an already wounded world. I can let the cycle of anger and hurt stop with me and choose to meet hurt with healing. When I do, forgiveness comes more easily. Practicing self-care, I do what I can to accept and forgive myself. Freed from self-condemnation, it becomes easier to see the pain in someone who hurt me. I envision their hurt easing and their life filled with blessings, knowing each healed heart sends healing to the world.
Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.—1 Peter 3:9
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