{"id":1459,"date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2023\/01\/23\/forgiveness\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T07:00:00","slug":"forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2023\/01\/23\/forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"For Real Rescue, You’ve Got To Learn To Let Go And Forgive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Do you hold onto unforgiveness like a life raft? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of us do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want real rescue<\/strong>, you\u2019ve got to let it go, and learn to forgive. In her book, \u201cForgiving What You Can\u2019t Forget<\/a>“, Lysa TerKeurst calls forgiveness<\/a> a weapon. The battle is for freedom<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we don\u2019t forgive, shame, grief and bitterness wound us. With our forgiveness pointed outward, we actually free our hearts from pain. It doesn\u2019t always make sense, but that\u2019s how things are in God\u2019s Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 55:8-9<\/a> says, \u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u201d (NIV<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we wage the war\u2014armed with forgiveness\u2014as we battle for freedom. And the prize? A beautiful redemption. Your heart is redeemed\u2014and you might even see relationships restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forgiveness is hard<\/strong>. CS Lewis<\/a> says, \u201cEveryone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have to forgive.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so true. It\u2019s something none of us are strong enough to do on our own. In fact, the only way we can truly forgive is through the grace and power of Jesus<\/strong>. He gives us the perfect example. He forgave each one of us and wiped our sins away even before we could ask. There was no pre-forgiveness apology. No groveling. No humiliation. And that\u2019s key. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we truly understand that amazing sacrifice made for us<\/strong>, we are much more willing to forgive. In her book<\/a>, Lysa says, \u201cAt first we say it\u2019s too soon. And then years go by, and we say it\u2019s too late.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so true, right? The best time to forgive is right now. Say it every morning, \u201cToday is a great day to forgive!\u201d You can do it! Because Jesus did it for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you forgive, you may not feel better<\/strong>. That happens. Forgive anyway. It\u2019s about living for Jesus, not just feeling better. I love what Lysa says here: \u201cFeeling angry is different than living angry. Feeling offended is different than living offended. Feeling skeptical is different than living skeptical. Feeling wronged is different than living wronged. Feeling resentment is different than living resentful<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do you get your feelings in line with the freedom God has promised? Pray. Ask God to change the way you feel<\/strong>. It\u2019s not immediate. But it is possible, thanks to forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terese Main<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Afternoon Host, STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we don\u2019t forgive, shame, grief and bitterness all wound us. With our forgiveness pointed outward, we actually free our hearts from pain. And it doesn\u2019t make sense always. That\u2019s how things are in God\u2019s Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,43,28],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-encouragement","tag-forgiveness","tag-inspiration"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 14:55:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}