Healing From Abuse: Have You Forgiven Your Abuser?
Do you feel like something is holding you back from healing from abuse? Are you waiting for a breakthrough to really move forward with your life? Forgiveness could be the blessing you've been waiting for to set you free. Everyone wants to be forgiven, but no one deserves it. Your abuser doesn't deserve your forgiveness just as you and I don't deserve the Most High's forgiveness. Everyone wants to have peace. But not everyone wants (or has the strength) to let go of unforgiveness to earn it. I don't know if some offenses are truly unforgiveable. As far as I know, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3: 28-30) and taking the mark of the beast (Rev 14: 9-12) are the only unforgiveable sins. But I will say that forgiving someone of their offenses is a form of choosing life while unforgiveness is a form of choosing death. If we don't forgive others the Most High won't forgive us of our sins (Matthew 6:15). You may have already forgiven your abuser. If so, that's wonderful! But some reading this may be struggling with letting go of the offense and can't bring themselves to forgive. I encourage you to pray for one another. Pray that those who are still hurting will receive strength from the Most High to forgive and experience healing from abuse.
