In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive yourself when you’ve done something that has been destructive to yourself or to others.
Maybe you’re wondering: “Is it even necessary to forgive yourself… especially if you think that God and others have forgiven you?”
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When we feel tormented about behaviors we’re not proud of, it often turns into self-shame. Shame constantly tries to tell us how low and despicable we are. It shuts us down and cuts us off from the people, life, and healing God wants us to have.
Listen to the podcast for the 9 steps David took to forgive himself and how you can use them for forgiving you.
In this podcast episode, Caron shared a simple, prayerful way to regularly grant forgiveness to Yourself:
Recite: “There are many ways I have damaged and hurt myself and others. I have betrayed or abandoned God and myself, many times through thought, word, or deed- knowingly and unknowingly.”
Now let yourself see the ways you have hurt or harmed yourself. Picture them, remember them. Feel the sorrow you have carried from this and sense that you can release these burdens. Extend forgiveness for each of them, one by one.
Repeat to yourself: “For the ways, I have hurt myself through action or inaction, out of fear, pain, and confusion, I now extend a full and heartfelt forgiveness. I forgive myself, I forgive myself, in the same way, that God has already forgiven me.”
“At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” ~ Christine Mason Miller
What do you need to forgive yourself for?
Additional resources:
Why you should embrace your flaws
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