You’re Allowed to Be Angry About What Happened
Somebody told you somewhere along the way that good Christians don’t get angry. That anger means your faith isn’t strong enough, or your forgiveness isn’t real yet. I want to…
This is where we talk about what forgiveness actually costs and what it actually is, not the greeting card version. Betrayal, broken trust, the slow work of healing after somebody you counted on let you down. You’ll find posts here on telling the truth before you forgive anything, on what your body does when trust breaks, on grieving what you thought you had, and on the harder work nobody talks about enough, forgiving yourself. No pressure to rush. No pretending the crack isn’t there. Just the honest, faith-rooted, trauma-informed path from wounded to whole.
Somebody told you somewhere along the way that good Christians don’t get angry. That anger means your faith isn’t strong enough, or your forgiveness isn’t real yet. I want to…
“That never happened.” “You’re remembering it wrong.” “You’re too sensitive.” If you’ve heard versions of those lines enough times, you know the particular disorientation that comes with them. It is…
Here’s a fact: he didn’t come home until 2 a.m. and wouldn’t say where he’d been. Here’s a story: he’s probably been doing this for years and everyone probably knew…
You can decide, up in your head, that you’re done thinking about it. Your stomach doesn’t always get the memo. Neither does your jaw, or your shoulders, or the part…
There’s a particular kind of pain that only shows up when the hurt comes from someone who was supposed to be safe. A stranger can wrong you and it stings,…
You know the sentence. “Things got complicated.” “We went through a rough patch.” “He wasn’t himself for a while.” Words that let everybody else off the hook, including you, and…
Let’s start here, plain as I can say it. Forgiveness doesn’t open with a hug or an olive branch. It opens with the truth, said out loud, about what actually…
Forgiving Yourself: A Path to Grace We often talk about the power of forgiveness—how freeing it is to release bitterness toward others. But what happens when the person you need…
A note from Brandi:This reflection is shared for encouragement, education, and personal reflection. Any quoted words belong to their original author and are included with credit for reflection purposes….
The Power of Intentional Forgiveness is something that is not lost on me. Forgive is a verb or an action. You are actively doing something. It means to grant a pardon for…