Forgiveness

Big Idea: Forgiveness isn’t about forgetting what happened — it’s about remembering with healing, breathing in God’s love, and letting go of what keeps us bound.

Forgiveness isn’t just a command; it’s a process that heals.

In Part 2 of our two-part forgiveness series, we explore how forgiveness works not just in the mind but in the heart, body, and soul. Jesus didn’t minimize pain; He named it, felt it, grieved it, and transformed it on the cross.

Forgiveness, Jesus shows us, is about releasing the debt and, in the process, the charge of what was taken from us. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it’s and honest accounting.

True forgiveness flows through five movements:

1. Naming the Injustice – Honestly accounting for what was taken.

2. Angering – Letting anger mark sacred boundaries.

3. Mourning – Allowing grief to cleanse the wound.

4. Self-Compassion – Letting God’s love reach our own hurting parts.

5. Other-Compassion – Extending forgiveness without erasing truth.

Forgiveness doesn’t deny pain or skip straight to peace. It moves through pain, so love can flow again. The inability to forgive is not a moral defect — it’s a sign of unhealed wounds. God isn’t waiting to punish us; He’s waiting to heal us.