4. What is forgiveness and is it possible to forgive the one who betrayed me?

What is forgiveness?  And how can I forgive him for betraying me?

 

Listen beautiful, I asked myself those same questions. This is just a little of what I found to be true…

 

• Forgiveness is not letting the guilty “off the hook“. It is moving the guilty from your hook onto God’s hook.

 

• Forgiveness is dismissing a debt that cannot be paid back. What was stolen from you is gone. It will never be the same. He can never pay you back for what he did to you. And while that is hard to hear, it is truth.

 

• Forgiveness is also releasing your rights regarding the offense. Releasing your right to dwell on it. Your right to hold onto it. Your right to keep bringing it up.

 

“Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeat the matter separates close friends“ Proverbs 17:9

 

These are truths about forgiveness. You’re not forgiving in order to say that what was done to you was OK. You are forgiving so that you can be set free!

 

Read that again👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼

 

Realizing that the debt owed to you can never be repaid is the first step.

 

Being free requires forgiveness.

 

You may not be there yet. That’s OK. It took me a while as well. And I’m still in the process. But I would love to share with you more on the subject of forgiveness. 

 

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