This Forgiveness Meditation helps you release yourself from the bondage with those who hurt you. It's from the Free Meditation Library at https://onlinediscipleshipforwomen.com/christian-guided-meditation/

Forgiveness can be a decision in a moment, a process of letting go, and a lifelong commitment to releasing yourself from the prison of resentment and bitterness.

That's right. When people hurt you, it's painful, they inflicted pain on you. But when you don't forgive, your pain becomes self-inflicted.

I know what it's like to be a prisoner of bitterness, resentment, anger, cynicism, and sarcasm as a result of not forgiving.

I know because I grew up in Russia abused by the very people who were supposed to love me.

I didn't know my father.

My mother told me regularly that she hated me and wanted me dead.

I was raped.

I suffered a miscarriage at 17. 

After I got married and moved to America, I endured domestic violence for months until the police took me to a shelter. I was homeless. 

I got married last year, and my IronMan husband filed for a divorce 4 months later calling his bicycle "My Other Wife I Cheat On You With."

Anna Szabo’s Story  

• My Narcissist Mother Story
• My Sex Addiction Story
• My Domestic Violence Story
• My Narcissist Relationship Abuse Story
• My Salvation Story and Testimony
• My Spiritual Warfare Story
• My Depression Story
• My Suicide Story
• My Identity Transformation Story
• My Story of Faith and Fortitude

 

I know the pain of a broken heart.

I understand your pain. I care about your pain.

I care about your heart.

I care about your mental health.

Not forgiving drugged me into a deep, dark depression.

That's why I'm here to tell you: forgive. It's in your best interest. 

Stop taking the poison of unforgiveness.

Set yourself free from bitterness.

Move on toward your beautiful future with a light heart.

That is why you need to consider forgiving.

How do you forgive?

You decide.

Make the decision today.

And then when grief comes and all the pain is stirred up by the negative memories again, you forgive again.

And you go on. You forgive by deciding.  

Buy balloons and write each offender's name on a balloon, write on it the offense too, and let the balloons go one at a time.

Cry. Grieve. Mourn. So you can move on and be free.  

Forgive.

Write a goodbye letter in your journal.

Close it once and for all.

You're moving on!

Remember to grieve. Take some quiet time, be sad, acknowledge your losses and all your pain.

And then forgive.

Let go.

Set yourself free from the prison of bitterness.

You deserve this emotional freedom.

You deserve authentic joy.

You deserve to have a light heart.

You deserve to live your life to the fullest. 

Forgiving sets you free.

Forgive.