Once you understand that parents aren\u2019t always capable of giving their kids what they didn\u2019t get themselves\u2014namely love, nurturing, acceptance, and physical affection\u2014it becomes easier to forgive them. <\/p>\n
Stormie Omartian says: \u2018Sometimes what one parent didn\u2019t<\/i> do hurts as bad as what the abusing one did.<\/i> A parent\u2019s uninvolvement or unwillingness to step in and rescue you feels like a betrayal. Unforgiveness for that uninvolved parent is more difficult to recognise but is more common than we think. Ask God to show you any unforgiveness towards a parent who didn\u2019t come to your rescue. If it\u2019s there, you have to deal honestly with your feelings\u2026 We can\u2019t go back in time and get someone to hold and nurture us, and we mustn\u2019t demand it from a spouse or friends because they can\u2019t do it. It [must] come from our heavenly Father\u2026 The first step\u2026 is to receive [His] forgiveness<\/i> and let its reality penetrate the deepest part of our being. When we realise how much we<\/i> have been forgiven\u2026 we have no right to pass judgment on\u2026 another. Being forgiven and released from everything we\u2019ve ever done is such a miraculous gift, how could we refuse to obey God when He asks us to forgive others? Forgiveness is a two-way street. God forgives you, and you forgive others\u2026 We base our decision not on what we feel<\/i> like doing but on what we know<\/i> is right.<\/i>\u2019 <\/p>\n
Jesus said, \u2018Do not judge\u2026 and you will not be judged\u2026 Forgive\u2026 and you will be forgiven.\u2019<\/i> (Luke\u00a06:37\u00a0NLT) Choosing to forgive and not let somebody else\u2019s sin dictate what you feel or do frees you to live in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once you understand that parents aren\u2019t always capable of giving their kids what they didn\u2019t get themselves\u2014namely love, nurturing, acceptance, and physical affection\u2014it becomes easier to forgive them. Stormie Omartian says: \u2018Sometimes what one parent didn\u2019t do hurts as bad as what the abusing one did. A parent\u2019s uninvolvement or unwillingness to step in and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}