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How to Forgive Yourself; Living A Life Of Freedom in Only 10 Days!
How frequently have you heard the statement “I’ll never be able to pardon myself for what I’ve done?” Maybe you are even guilty of making that statement yourself. Forgiveness is a very difficult thing to give another who has offended or hurt you, but giving ourselves forgiveness seems to be even tougher. There appears to be a tendency to hold ourselves much more accountable than we hold others for the same wrong doing.
Why is that? One explanation is pride. While that may appear to be a contradiction, it’s really not. Whenever we enforce rules that are different, or enact a higher standards for ourselves than for others, that is pride. When we are able to find it inside our self to forgive others, although not ourselves, we are announcing is that we are less capable of making a poor decision than others. We are stating that we believe our self to be more discerning, reasonable, more insightful and more careful than other, and so we don’t have any excuse for our actions and shouldn’t excuse ourselves. When God Himself, offers to pardon the sins of all who ask for His forgiveness yet we refuse to forgive ourselves, we are setting ourselves above others and that, called by any other name is still pride.
So how do you pardon one’s self? Simple, in the same way you might pardon somebody else. The principles are the same.
First, one must ask for forgiveness from The Lord God for all wrong doing is against your Heavenly Father. David King of Israel reminded us of that when he asked for compassion for sleeping with a woman who was married. He then made things worse when he had her husband sent to battle where he was certain he’d be killed. In Psalm 51:3 and 4, David cries out to God and announces, “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you and you only I have sinned and done what is evil in your sight.”
God is prepared and waiting to pardon your transgressions and then, He promises to never remember your sin.
I John one:nine “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to pardon us our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
The next step is to remember that forgiveness is a choice, it is not a feeling. In the same way you should opt to pardon somebody, (not just try and feel better about them or what they went and did) you must decide to pardon yourself.
Next, it’s very important to remember that forgiveness doesn’t necessarily mean excusing the action for another person, or yourself. That’s what is so powerful about forgiveness. It’s selecting to forgive despite the incorrect or horrible thing done to or by you. It also suggests not lingering on it any longer or talking about it again in any farther conversation, with others, or yourself.
When real forgiveness occurs, it means taking pity on the one who harmed you and recognizing that they need grace as much as you do. To forgive yourself shows you are taking pity on yourself, like you would anybody else. Along with that, goes understanding and acknowledging your desire for grace. Do not be tough on yourself. You are a human being with short comings and flaws and a great ability for messing up. Take responsibility for the injustices you’ve done, receive your Heavenly Father’s forgiveness and then show that hand of forgiveness to yourself.
If, your Heavenly Father in all His greatness and power readily extends forgiveness to you when you ask, who are you not to do the same for yourself?
To learn more about having a relationship with God and experiencing His love that will that will lead you to a life of freedom go to: How To Forgive Yourself
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