How Can I Possibly Forgive? Rescuing Your Heart from Resentment and Regret
Sometimes it’s a struggle to forgive a friend, a family member, a coworker, or a neighbor. This book helps you to look at the meaning of forgiveness and the impact that choosing to forgive—or refusing to forgive—has on your life. It will help you identify the battles worth fighting and the ones that aren’t and how to tell the difference.
As she did in her popular one-year experiment with submission, Sara Horn reveals through personal experiences and stories what she’s learned about forgiving with God’s help and healing. In the process, she explores the steps toward forgiveness, including how to
- take care of the little problems we allow to become big issues
- move on from painful slights and deep wounds
- be real with ourselves and God first and then be real with others
- find closure when disappointment in others doesn’t resolve itself
- let go of regret, anger, and bitterness that keep us from living in the freedom God intends
Life isn’t about holding on to destructive and painful
experiences. It’s about letting go. And it’s about letting God work
in our trying situations so we can see Him more clearly on the
other side.
Top Highlights
“When we allow other people’s opinions into our hearts as truth instead of as thoughts that we have a choice to accept or dismiss, we establish the foundation of walls God doesn’t want in our lives. We hold on to things we don’t need to hold on to. Other people’s opinions fit into that category.” (source)
“Proverbs 10:12. ‘Hatred stirs up conflicts, but love covers all offenses.’” (source)
“I’ve learned from that noise: what distracts our hearts distracts our souls. What keeps us tied to that mocking sound, whispering who or what has done us wrong, keeps us from hearing God’s soothing voice telling us what we must do. How we should handle the hurt.” (source)
“When I gave my life to Christ, it was a commitment to completely surrender my will for his. That includes overlooking hurts and the grievances that happen from other people.” (source)
“Jesus may be asking something of you today as he prepares to heal your heart, as he helps you let go and get ready to move on from the things keeping you from living the fuller life he desires for you.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : How Can I Possibly Forgive? Rescuing Your Heart from Resentment and Regret
- Author: Horn, Sara
- Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9780736961004