StartForgiving.com Step Eight: Look Behind You As we journey toward forgiveness, it helps to look back to the time when we were hurt, and evaluate what happened. Were we in any way responsible? Did we do something, or fail to do something, that contributed to the circumstances? What about the persons who hurt us? What has their life’s journey been like? What factors have led them to become who they are or do what they do? Understanding their brokenness can help us forgive their contributions to our own brokenness.
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