It is essential to know what forgiveness is, but perhaps more critical is understanding what forgiveness is NOT.Not Pardoning Forgiveness does not remove natural or legal consequences. It can certainly lessen those consequences in many situations, but it does not address the justice that may be required. Typically, justice is outside our control, so God tells …
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Too many people experience holiday stress instead of holiday joy. The stress is from unresolved issues that arrive with the family members. Hopefully, gathering for the holidays is a wonderful, warm, and blessed time for most families. But for too many, it is “turkey and stressing.” Those unresolved issues mean you can’t talk about them for …
It is essential to understand forgiveness, but applying and verifying forgiveness are even more critical.Step 5: Apply Your Decision (Change the Dressing Regularly)Consider the scars on your body. They are memorials to healing! There are some significant scars on my body from a skiing accident, a near-death experience, and two back operations. Those situations were extremely …
Preparing for forgiveness is like treating a wound because any wrong done to you is like a physical wound to your body. It may be just a bruise, or worse, a deep cut. If untreated, you will lose blood, risk infection, and even die if the cut is severe. So, if you were physically cut, …
The significance of forgiveness is underrated and underused. Very few actions can benefit a relationship more than forgiveness. In fact, based on God’s example with us and in His Word, as well as personal experience, I have learned that the best advice or counsel to give for most relational problems starts with opening and walking …
Freedom and the highest value are among the dearest principles in relationships. Despite being critical, it is not the most essential value. All relationships suffer from irresponsible freedom when freedom is not placed beneath another value. Consider gravity. Like freedom, gravity is subject to at least one higher principle because heavy planes can fly. How is …
Your freedom has two common obstacles that are often hard to see and understand. Both are part of everyday relationships. The first obstacle shows up when you turn good things into obligations. A past promise or a goal you made can become an obligation. When you do that, you change a “want to” into a “have …
Can you change if you are a control person? Yes. There are freedom tools for control people to help them and their relationships. You can stop trying to get everyone to live the way you want. You can lighten your own burden and remove the load you have placed on those around you. It only happens …