In Others’ Words: And Forgive Us Our Brokenness

I find myself embracing brokenness more and more. 

My brokenness.

Others’ brokenness.

And I also find myself grasping to understand forgiveness … truly comprehend forgiving others. Forgiving myself. 

The ironic thing is that for so long I aimed for perfection. And I failed. No surprise there, I know.

And I thought forgiveness was as easy as hearing someone say “I’m sorry” and saying, “I forgive you.”

And yet, I found myself confronting unforgiveness … bitterness … time and again.

Reality is … brokenness is the way of folks. And in our brokenness, we harm each other.

But forgiveness? True, life-changing forgiveness is not the way of folks.

Forgiveness is the way of God.

One day I grappled with someone who had wounded me over and over again by his words. His actions. I finally hit my knees beside my bed and told God, flat out, “I can’t forgive him.”

You know what God said?

“I know you can’t. But I can.”

That man who had hurt me? He was broken. And me? I was too broken to forgive him.

But I took my brokenness to God and I asked him to show me how. One thing I learned? Forgiveness isn’t always a one-time and done act. The only way to live peacefully is to forgive everyone constantly.

After all, isn’t constant forgiveness God’s way?

In Your Words: What has God taught you about brokenness? What has God taught you about forgiveness? How would you end this sentence: The only way to live peacefully is to ____________________________________?

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