This is the final post in our series When People Hurt You. Throughout the last 8 weeks, we’ve talked about shedding false guilt, losing a victim mentality, accepting life as unfair, choosing to forgive, rebuilding inner strength, and the steps to move forward from the past. Each of the posts…
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Getting Unstuck: Letting Go of the Past and Choosing to Live Again
I love music. It is food for my soul – especially during our family’s many basketball road trips. Each of us has our personal favorites, and these days the teenagers are more opinionated than ever, but generally we tend to listen to a little of almost everything. But there is one…
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Finding Inner Strength from the Pain of Yesterday
Right from the start, I knew she was different. There was an inner strength about her that drew me in. Genuine love. A smile from deep beyond the surface. One that seemed to come from an overflow of authentic joy. If you were to meet her, you wouldn’t guess the…
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Do I Really Need to Forgive Instead of Get Revenge?
Friends, this week’s topic is a heavy one. It’s about forgiveness and revenge. You see, the world and our very own flesh glamorizes revenge. They tell us forgiveness isn’t really necessary and maybe not even possible. They try convincing us to get revenge to feel better. That somehow getting revenge…
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Life Isn’t Fair: Help for When You Need to Overcome the Hurt
Life Isn’t Fair Now is a great time to pull out your Journal & Growth Guide and reference page 11. If you are new here and haven’t gotten started with us, it’s never too late. It is a go-at-your-own-pace series that you can start or stop at any time. Get your…
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Victim or Victor? What to Choose When Someone Hurts You
When Someone Hurts You Now is a good time to pull out your Journal & Growth Guide and reference #2 of the 7 Truths That Will Enable You to Get Over Betrayal and Rejection. Find that post HERE. ***Before I dig into this topic of choosing how to respond when someone…
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Dealing with Rejection, Betrayal, and the Lies of False Guilt
… He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. -John 8:44 (NLT) Dealing With Rejection and Betrayal Years and years…
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7 Truths That Will Enable You to Get Over Betrayal and Rejection
We have all suffered the emotional pain of betrayal and rejection at some point in our lives. Whether on a large or small scale, it causes deep emotional pain. It has the power to effect not only us, but those in our day-to-day lives, and those in the generations to…
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When People Hurt You: Walking Through Rejection and Betrayal
As I walked away from my friend, I felt that familiar ache in my heart. Another time … another relationship … another situation that hurt. Rejection. Betrayal. I knew in my mind we live in a broken world and immunity from that brokenness isn’t part of the program. But that…
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