Do I Really Need To Forgive? (The Daily Trudge)

2025-11-26

“Do I really have to forgive?” Most of us ask this at some point — usually when someone has hurt us so deeply that forgiveness feels impossible, unfair, or like we’re letting them off the hook. But in recovery, forgiveness isn’t about excusing the harm. It’s about freeing ourselves from the poison we’ve been carrying. Resentment chains us to the past. Trauma keeps us frozen. Anger wears us out. Forgiveness is how we break free — not how they get away with anything. Today we explore:•...

“Do I really have to forgive?”

Most of us ask this at some point — usually when someone has hurt us so deeply that forgiveness feels impossible, unfair, or like we’re letting them off the hook.

But in recovery, forgiveness isn’t about excusing the harm. It’s about freeing ourselves from the poison we’ve been carrying.

Resentment chains us to the past. Trauma keeps us frozen. Anger wears us out.

Forgiveness is how we break free — not how they get away with anything.

Today we explore:
• Why forgiveness is a tool for us, not them
• The difference between forgiveness and reconciliation
• Why spiritual progress demands we let go
• How resentment destroys peace
• What God can do with wounds we cannot heal alone

Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting or trusting again.

It means refusing to live in the shadow of someone else’s harm.

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