I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.
Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.
I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.
I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.