Just verbalizing all the pain in a list of facts brought a sense of dignity back into my world. And I realized what it meant to cooperate with the forgiveness of Jesus. It meant to see myself as Jesus sees me—broken but still chosen and worth forgiveness. It meant seeing Art as Jesus sees him—broken but still chosen and worth forgiveness. And most of all, it took the pressure off of me “feeling” my way to forgiveness. I only needed to bring my willingness to forgive, not the fullness of all my restored feelings.
