God’s will

God’s will is for me to serve Him. I cannot wholeheartedly serve him without forgiving and releasing James from my heart. I now know that when he gets aggressive, I should react with silence and then prayer. I should always find something to be thankful for and my Father in Heaven will forgive me. If

Forgiveness and reconciliation

Forgiveness doesn’t mean reconciliation and it doesn’t mean what they did is okay. It just means you don’t want them to hold you back. You want to heal and move on. You don’t want to continue having negative thoughts about them. Yes they hurt you and yes you want revenge but “Vengeance is mine,” says

Forgiveness

I thought forgiving James would be something that happens overnight and I thought I can pray the anger and hate away. I had to write journals to get certain emotions off my chest. I had to pray for a forgiving heart constantly. I still pray for a forgiving heart. One of the hardest things to

Turn the other cheek

One of the hardest things to do is forgive those who hurt us. Jesus Christ commanded us to turn the other cheek (see Matthew 5:38 – 42); however, it is all too easy to wish that those who have wronged us experience God’s wrath, or at least our own. Such anger and pain can hinder

A letter to friends old and new

I want to apologize to my former and current friends. Especially my primary and high school friends. I was not the friend you needed. I didn’t know to love you the way you needed me to. I now know it’s because I had no reference point. You deserved better. I’m trying to do better. Most

TW: Emotional abuse

I’ve been contemplating whether to write this article or not. I just decided to write it. This was hard to write but it’s part of my healing journey so let’s do it. A quick disclaimer to readers: I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know if I should go into full detail about