2nd meeting...Forgiveness Book Study by lisa handline https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat en-us 2021-05-10 21:46:42 UTC 2025-11-03 13:45:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5fb.png Forgiveness feels like it trivializes, minimizes or worse yet, makes what happened not big deal. I GET this, especially when I really wanted the person who hurt me to be as hurt as I was or at the very least know how badly I was hurt...but I realized (after much time) that that person will NEVER understand how badly I was hurt--nor will them being hurt ever fix my pain--only GOD knows. lchandline https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511241492 2021-05-10 22:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511241492 The fear of the unknown result makes me wonder if I can ever truly forgive completely. It makes me wonder if I want/can completely forgive. cherylcollins1 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511324542 2021-05-10 22:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511324542 Avoidance of the situation/person. cherylcollins1 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511327335 2021-05-10 22:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511327335 Being a witness of someone else forgiving what seemed like the unforgivable gives me hope that I too will be able to forgive and heal. cherylcollins1 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511328407 2021-05-10 22:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511328407 lchandline https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511331873 Avoiding thinking about it--deny it is a problem at all.]]> 2021-05-10 22:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511331873 lchandline https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511333107 I felt like --if they can do it...so can I.

]]> 2021-05-10 22:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511333107 Forgiveness is a command. But it is not cruel. It is God's divine mercy for human hearts that are so prone to turn hurt into hate. https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511369765 2021-05-10 23:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511369765 Coping mechanisms, like being overly positive or hyper spiritual or using substances to numb out, may get to the short term. But in the long run they don't help us cope; they keep us stuck at the point of our unhealed pain. https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511373301 2021-05-10 23:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511373301 Forgiveness is not adding on top of your pain a misery too great to bear. It is exchanging bound up resentment for a life giving freedom. https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511376654 2021-05-10 23:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511376654 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511380301 am I going to forgive and then be right back down this path in 6 months..a year? needing to forgive yet again... ]]> 2021-05-10 23:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511380301 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511383998 avoidance..absolutely. also saying I am praying about the situation and/or person but really just rationalizing my feelings to God]]> 2021-05-10 23:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511383998 We cant live in an alternate reality and expect what is right in front of us to get better https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511386361 2021-05-10 23:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511386361 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511387717 It is paralyzing]]> 2021-05-10 23:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511387717 What we look for is what we will see. cherylcollins1 https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511416072 2021-05-10 23:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lchandline/1ld3gt7cppohynat/wish/1511416072