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A Spiritual

Perspective on

forgiveness

Wherever you are in the process of dealing with the pain that someone else has caused you, God will help you through it. In the Bible it says, “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18)

"The hurt from the harm someone has done you is so big you cannot forgive on your own. I tried to put it aside, to rationalize it, even to blame myself for it. It was poisoning my spirit. Then one night I cried out to God realizing that this burden was too big for me alone. I laid the pain and anger and hurt at His feet, and He lifted the burden from me. It was only then that I could begin breathing in God’s love and peace and move on." - Karen