Forgiving What You Can't Forget

Great account into Lysa's own feelings and difficulty walking in the process of forgiveness after trying and difficult events in her own life. She describes beautifully of how forgiveness is both a decision and a process and furthermore, how God can be faithful even in our pain and hurt, growing us (Romans 5:3-5), and revealing ways that things in our past affects the way we view and understand the world today, the belief system that has been forming inside of us since being a kid.

A fresh reminder that the process of fixing the damaged emotions from an event following the decision to forgive takes time, and time is okay as we walk in obedience to what God calls us to (Ephesians 4:32). While forgiveness seems at times impossible or that it is not working because all the emotions don't disappear right away, God will take them and shift them from hurt to compassion over time. And while time itself won't heal all wounds, time spent well will heal and that means bringing all of our feelings (good, bad, ugly, hurt) before God who understands and wants us to experience peace.