What if you needed $1000 and your loved one gave you $200? That $200 was the very last of the money they possessed. Although it was 100% of what they had, it doesn't change the fact that you still needed an additional $800. Likely, you would be grateful for them giving you all they had, although it didn't fully meet your need.
What if the person that hurt or disappointed you didn't intentionally set out to neglect, abandon, or reject you? What if they gave you 100% of what they had, even if it was not enough to meet your need, emotionally? When people are filled with unhealed and unresolved hurt, that's what they have to give.
It's not an excuse for the pain that your heart feels but it's a perspective to help let go and move forward. God is able to heal all hurt. He desires to fill you with His love, so that you can give the love that you may not have received to others. You may not have received it from who owed it to you. However, when you enter into relationship with God, you are heaven's responsibility, and your heavenly father will take it from here.
For Reflection
If I discovered that the person responsible for my pain didn't hurt me intentionally, would it be easier for me forgive?
Do I believe that God desires and is able to heal every area that I hurt?
Am I willing to release my pain to God right now?
Oftentimes, the most difficult apology to accept, is the one we don't receive. Will I choose to forgive without an apology?
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