Bonnie76 Posted April 2, 2018 Group: Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/01/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted April 2, 2018 Desiring restoration after being disobedient to what God asked to hand over to him(mainly a selfish heart) So much hurt has been caused on my part and finding it so hard to just look to Jesus. Like David “my sin is ever before me” and it’s hard to see anything else. Ive cried out to God for mercy, for forgiveness. But the pain feels so heavy. Feeling helpless. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted April 3, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,016 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,290 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,351 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted April 3, 2018 If you have confessed your sins to the Lord, then you need to accept and believe in His forgiveness and cleansing towards you. God promises to do that...believe Him. See 1 John 1:9. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted April 3, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 25 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,605 Content Per Day: 3.98 Reputation: 7,795 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Online Share Posted April 3, 2018 Good advice. My problem was self acceptance. I had braved all kinds of adversity that was not my fault. (infant abuse, foster homes etc) I then, much later, fell with a resounding crash. I was so upset, so angry, so really crazily mad at myself that I went into a rage that I remember vividly today. I was so disappointed in myself. I am not sure but that was probably the reason my second relationship also failed. I put up with so much for so long thinking it was a kind of recompense. Kind of punishment from God. To say I had PSTD would be an understatement. The thing was, the Lord had long forgiven me but my pride allowed my life to take on such a huge load of guilt and remorse that I completely lost track of what was truly real for a while. It nearly finished me I can say. Not a threat to subsume responsibility, but a very real belief that I had actually been a mistake. That being here was just a viscous game and that I was just somebody's laughable chess piece. Then I learned differently. I will not say any more but that. So FORGIVE YOURSELF. That is often at the core of problems like I read here from you Bonnie. Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK1110 Posted April 3, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6,864 Content Per Day: 2.42 Reputation: 9,591 Days Won: 4 Joined: 07/18/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/10/1986 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Remember that God's forgiveness is perfect. If He has forgiven you, you must forgive yourself. That doesn't mean you will never feel the pain anymore, because we are not perfect in our forgiveness like God is. But if we refuse to forgive ourselves when God already has, then we are essentially saying God is wrong and our standard is right and is higher and better than His. God bless you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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