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Forgiveness: How to Set a Prisoner Free and Discover the Prisoner Was You.

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Forgiveness: How to Set a Prisoner Free and Discover the Prisoner Was You The wound is deep. The injustice feels unforgivable. Every time you think about what they did, the anger boils up again. You know you're supposed to forgive, but it feels like letting them off the hook. What if I told you that forgiveness isn't about excusing the wrong or forgetting the pain? What if it's actually the key that unlocks your own prison door? The truth about forgiveness is this: when you release the offender, you're actually releasing yourself from the prison of bitterness. The person who hurt you may not even know you're still carrying the chains—but you feel their weight every day. What Forgiveness Is NOT Before we talk about how to forgive, let's clear up common misconceptions about what forgiveness is NOT: It's NOT saying what happened was okay It's NOT forgetting the offense occurred It's NOT necessarily reconciling with an unrepentant person It...