Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again

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I’ve enjoyed reading other titles by Lysa Terkeurst but just couldn’t find myself gleaning much information from this book. But I will not negotiate excuses or navigate exceptions with lengthy explanations that wear me down emotionally.

A part of me wanted to yell at her to leave him for good because for the longest time he went on with his life and left her to suffer. TerKeurst’s fans will love this stirring, realistic look at confronting the arduous aspects of forgiveness.Part of me thinks this book would be more powerful the earlier in recovery someone were to pick it up. Lysa was recently awarded the Champions of Faith Author Award and has been published in multiple publications such as CNN and Fox News online. But in surprising ways, she's discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren't willing to make things right. When your heart has been shattered and reshaped into something that doesn’t quite feel normal inside your own chest yet, forgiveness feels a bit unrealistic.

Just that alone was so helpful and validating for me, to help me realize that I *have* forgiven, but the reason I still struggle is because I need to continue to forgive xyz for the impact of how what they did continues to effect me. Adding humility into the situation acknowledges the unfairness I have felt but affirms a trust in God to do what He needs to both in their hearts and mine. New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst helps readers address how to stop suffering from what others have done to them while exploring what forgiveness is, what it isn't, and how to deal with difficult relationships. Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I can’t promise I will always get this right, but after reading this book I have such a deeper understanding and drive to forgive what I can’t forget.

For anyone grasping for a hint of grace through forgiveness, this book will certainly be a blessing. Numb it away: "Never am I closer to healing than when my feelings are strong enough to motivate me to attend to them.

And maturity has a depth of empathy for others and a patience for imperfection that is less likely to get so easily offended. At times, it was helpful and enlightening as she used scripture and biblical stories to illustrate her topic. Lysa was again only talking about herself, her divorce and it seemed like this bible study was not a bible study but a cry for us to listen.

So go in with your eyes open to the fact that this author is not a therapist or counselor, instead she is a Christian woman who has been through a lot and has a very specific way of dealing with it all.Terkheurst also did an impeccable job explaining that forgiveness of an Act happens once - what happens over and over again is forgiveness of the Impact of the act. Bestseller TerKeurst ( It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way), president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, again plumbs the depths of her heartbreak to help readers through the difficulties of forgiveness in this excellent, revealing rumination. As you hear Lysa share her powerful story in her own words, you'll learn how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren’t willing to make things right. I’m afraid forgiveness will give them false hope that I want to reestablish the relationship, but I don’t. What we look for is what we will see, what we see determines our perspective, and our perspective determines our reality.