Me not forgiving the people who hurt me was agreeing to bring the hurt they caused into every present-day situation I was in—hurting me over and over and over again. Holding on to this hurt wasn’t diminishing my pain. It was multiplying it. And it was manipulating me to become someone I didn’t want to be. So, instead of making anything right, it was just making everything even more wrong—me, them, the whole situation. The enemy of our soul loves the way bitterness blocks healing for us and prevents the goodness of God from being put on display.
