Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again
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You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.
Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can’t go on like this, but you don’t know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising ways, she’s discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren’t willing to make things right.
With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of more than 1,000 hours of theological study, Lysa will help you:
Learn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they’re sorry.Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today.Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now.Identify what’s stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead.Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.
Look for additional biblically based resources and devotionals from Lysa:
I Want to Trust You, but I Don’tGood Boundaries and GoodbyesIt’s Not Supposed to Be This WayUninvitedYou’re Going to Make ItEmbracedSeeing Beautiful Again
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Lysa deeply understands the heartache that comes with life-shattering circumstances. But she’s also discovered that our hardships can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God.
Filled with Biblical truth, gut-honest vulnerability, and refreshing wit, Lysa’s words will help you find redemption in every part of your story.
Publisher : Thomas Nelson (November 17, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0718039874
ISBN-13 : 978-0718039875
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.8 x 0.92 x 8.64 inches
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Customers find the book well-written and engaging. They find the insights insightful and helpful for understanding forgiveness and healing. The book provides a comprehensive approach to forgiveness and healing, with helpful biblical references. Readers appreciate the author’s honesty, vulnerability, and resilience. However, opinions differ on the religious content – some find it thought-provoking and challenging, while others find it too religious or preachy.
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Jeagrace –
A powerful book on healing emotional pain
Hurts, painful memories inflicted by other people can live for years in our hearts. Thanks Lysa for sharing your walk from pain, anger and bitterness to forgiveness and peace. NOTHING has helped me heal like your book has I read it and reread it, highlighting passages, meditating on the truths you write. It’s a process but so worth it. Thank you also for sharing when you stumbled and got back up again because it helps me feel like I’m not a failure if I have not perfected this walk yet And it so much encourages me to keep seeking this peace in place of anger, bitterness and resentment. Can’t thank you enough for writing this book and sharing your own pain with such honesty and a victorious walk towards a heart filled with peace and forgiveness. Thank you for showing us that it’s possible and so worth it
Letty Trevino –
Amazing
I tried several other books about the same subject matter and couldnât finish them. This one spoke to me and I plan to read her other books too. Well written and impactful.
Danielle Mundorf –
Great Book
If you are a people pleaser this is a great book to read!! Helps with forgiveness even when they donât deserve it!! I often read this book!
Kelly D –
Very eye opening
This book is well written and had me rethinking my opinion of my outlook on life. Well written and informative.
Finally a brush I love –
Best books for grief and heartbreak!!
So good. Lots of prayers and verses too
Cindy F. –
What Happened?
The book was such an excellent read that gently hand-held me with grace & simple explanation AT THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE! I started to feel free, light and hopeful. I was getting answers And I felt like it was going to lead to breakthrough, but then….towards the end…. it felt rushed. I felt kinda condemned even though it wasn’t trying to be. The late middle to the end started to have a lot of personal stories; Not that it was bad, but I felt like it was distracting the journey I thought I was on.It had also described this wonderful person we get to meet and new discovery and freedom we will feel I thought the book would have touched on that some more. I was feeling very hopeful thinking about a healthier me but then the book started to feel negative as if the pain is something that won’t be gone and hpHow it’s necessary to sit in grief. Encouraging pain. It just overall started to feel negative for me and the hopeful feelings I had suddenly went away because of that being reemphasized. That’s why I took off a star.I realized later that we need God to heal us and we can’t do it ourselves, I tried processing alone and I couldn’t do it. It started a spiral unless I was doing it wrong. Also at first, it explained that reconciliation wasn’t necessary, but then towards the end, it seemed like it was being encouraged. It seem like the end had less grace and personality. I was also not clear about how to get rid of bitterness. The end was not very guiding and on the readers’ level like the beginning. I also thought there would have been a little bit more practical journal prompts to help us Or she would have suggested the index card exercise for us.Pretty much, it was a very disappointing ending for me. I was thinking about buying two more copies for my friends, but I am left feeling negative right now and I no longer want to. That same grace and permission to have freedom in the beginning would have helped if it had continued but it turned negative to me.To summarize, this was had a very highly excellent beginning and middle! Lifechanging answers! Good book. Couldnt put it down. The author was present with the reader like it was a conversation I love that style of writing! It was amazing, but later on, what happened ?
Amazon Customer –
A good read for finding forgiveness
This was such a great informative book for anyone looking to put in the work to deep inner healing. An amazing self help book reminding others that forgiveness is a process that allows for self love, while also allowing the chance to forgive those who have hurt you the most. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Gina –
strong message
Loved it !! Great from the beginning to the end. Not one dull moment for me it was such a good read.
Latoya Reisner –
This book is brilliant. Lysa writes almost from such a direct and personal point of view and beautifully brings in faith and religion in such a gentle way and as a reminder to teach you how to forgive. She teaches that forgiveness is very much a process AND an action and something we have to practice. She very much validate the pain you’ve been through. I’ve never connected to a book so much like this, and I’m now gonna be buying all her books. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Even if you’re not a religious person – please trust this book. You’ll be in with it straight away
Matteo Oligarchi –
I concetti nel libro sono sicuramente validi ma sono troppo spesso supportati da riferimenti religiosi. La scrittrice utilizza esperienze personali per affrontare gli argomenti trattati. Mentre capisco che la religione si una elemento importante per la scrittrice non vedo la necessità di validare tutti gli argomenti attraverso riferimenti a Gesu e alla Bibbia. I concetti possono essere validi anche senza di essi.
Kerry –
The book helped me immensely, Iâm not very spiritual so I tended to overlook some parts, like I said very interesting if you struggle
Patrick from Ontario –
My wife raved about this book as they went through this in her women’s group at church. TerKeurst uses an honest and relatable writing style which makes complex emotions more manageable, and her insights provided a beacon of hope for those struggling with past hurts. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to find peace and move forward with grace.
Zeitgeschmack –
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