"Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past." (T.D. Jakes)

All of the bruises, all of the pain is only a reflection of the lack of spiritual wisdom. The "Secret Sauce" in forgiveness, the secret ingredient is confessing your own mistakes, bad decisions, and disobedience to the Spirit of God. Self - accountability is necessary for both personal and spiritual growth and it is required as you are seeking forgiveness. We do not get to pick and choose how we want to forgive. There is no manipulation or dishonesty in forgiveness. It is a wholesome, merciful, and loving act that provides healing to your soul. Unforgiveness is a trap! We are not victims, but we are victors, KNOW YOUR IDENTITY, therefore we are equipped to forgive. It isn't fair and is very much so hypocritical to expect God to free us from the pain we feel from the hurt of others but yet we are not capable of admitting that we did some things wrong, chose the wrong people, caught on to habits, that created room for brokenness, for damage to occur within us and for our identity to be compromised with the attacks from the occurrences of trauma as we attached our self to the wrong things that the enemy manipulated our minds to believe were the right things. We didn't trust God because I know without a doubt that anything that was meant to destroy us, he did not approve it. We were not obedient to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Forgiveness starts right at the very moment when we made the decision to attach ourselves to the enemy's trap. 

"To forgive is the highest most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness" (Robert Muller). Gift yourself, peace and happiness! After all that you have been through, that God has saved you from, he's saying, you deserve it. 

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