Becoming our own liberators -- Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Mpho Tutu, wrote “The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World.” Awhile back I came across this book and immediately turned it into a sermon series at church. Walking with people through forgiveness is one of the most challenging and most profound things we can do.
Thank you, Jenny. I think a lot about how helpful it would be to have a Truth and Reconciliation process in our country and I appreciate the insight into Desmond Tutu's path for that. I just finished listening to a great podcast episodes about understanding and repairing harm too that I'll add to the conversation. It's Miriame Kaba on Prentiss Hemphill's podcast: Harm, Punishment, and Abolition. https://www.findingourwaypodcast.com/individual-episodes/s2e12
So good. Lysa Terkheurst wrote an amazing book called Forgiving What You Can't Forget. In it, she talks about forgiving the ACT that offended/hurt us, and then every time the hurt shows up in a new way, we forgive the IMPACT of that offense and hurt.
She also has a very practical exercise where you write out on 3x5 cards "I forgive ___ (person) for ___ (act or impact). Then you cover it with a red card that says "And whatever my feelings will not yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover." Powerful.
I've really struggled with forgiveness in recent years. This post was incredibly helpful to me, incredibly encouraging. Just what I've needed.
Thank you, Jenny. I think a lot about how helpful it would be to have a Truth and Reconciliation process in our country and I appreciate the insight into Desmond Tutu's path for that. I just finished listening to a great podcast episodes about understanding and repairing harm too that I'll add to the conversation. It's Miriame Kaba on Prentiss Hemphill's podcast: Harm, Punishment, and Abolition. https://www.findingourwaypodcast.com/individual-episodes/s2e12
So good. Lysa Terkheurst wrote an amazing book called Forgiving What You Can't Forget. In it, she talks about forgiving the ACT that offended/hurt us, and then every time the hurt shows up in a new way, we forgive the IMPACT of that offense and hurt.
She also has a very practical exercise where you write out on 3x5 cards "I forgive ___ (person) for ___ (act or impact). Then you cover it with a red card that says "And whatever my feelings will not yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover." Powerful.