Theosis 06 June Issue 2019
Theosis-Transformation is a monthly online magazine focused on Bible, Psychology and Spirituality.
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The Invisible Barriers to<br />
Forgiveness<br />
Most of us, if not all, find forgiveness challenging to live and practice. We<br />
naturally perceive barriers and invisible walls that, even if we want<br />
to, seem to refrain us from being able to forgive. Such inability, in most<br />
cases, doesn’t have anything to do with a lack of moral or religious values. It is<br />
not even because of our misconceptions regarding forgiveness, i.e., for example,<br />
thinking that forgiving means excusing, overlooking, forgetting, condoning or<br />
diminishing the harm received; or, that we need to be asked for forgiveness by<br />
the wrongdoer, or that forgiveness is a sign of weakness, and so forth. We simply<br />
experience the challenge of forgiving because forgiveness is challenging!<br />
The article deals with some of the barriers preventing us from giving<br />
forgiveness. But it takes a very interesting route. Rather than following the<br />
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