I’m much harder on myself than I am on anyone else.
They get grace while I berate myself. I revisit my mistakes on a loop, unable to forgive myself as quickly as I forgive others.
People are quick to point out your flaws sometimes, using them as ammo to convince you that you haven’t really changed. I recently listened to someone I loved dearly voice the same words the devil constantly whispers in my ear. Words that I’m unworthy of being loved and accepted, words that diminish the work I’ve put in to grow and change to become the best version of myself possible.
A thousand voices can praise you but the one that cuts you down always speaks the loudest.
You cannot allow someone’s words, nor your own mistakes, to cloud your view of who you are in Christ. It’s a tool of the devil and you aren’t atoning for your sins, you’re falling into a trap.
Forgiving yourself is never predicated on anyone else’s forgiveness. You aren’t required to sit in a purgatory of someone’s else’s anger. Apologize if you’ve wronged someone, forgive if they’ve wronged you, and leave it at the cross.
It doesn’t negate your worth, your growth, or your identity in Christ.
Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. Psalm 37:24
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