I can't forgive the person who hurt me-Pray for the Ones Who Hurt You

Pray for your predators. Your abusers. The people who cause you pain. In two words — your enemies. The people who hurt you.

Is it difficult? Yes. Difficult is an understatement. It feels impossible. How can I sit here and ask you to pray for the ones who broke you?

And you know what — I'm not going to tell you to forgive them "for your own good." A part of that might be true. But that's not the real reason.

The real reason I want you to forgive them is for their sake.

You need to forgive them so that they can become who God actually made them to be. They can only come back to God through the forgiveness of the people they hurt — and that person is you. Your forgiveness might be the door that leads them home.

Forgive and forget. It will never be easy.

You might say, "I can't forgive someone because it still hurts me." And I hear you. That pain is real. But that pain will never get smaller if you keep reliving those moments over and over again, hurting yourself with the same memory on repeat.

Here's the thing — you do not have to stop feeling sad to start forgiving.

You don't have to feel ready. You don't have to feel healed. Just say it out loud to God: "I forgive them for all the sins they committed against me." And then pray for them.

You won't be healed all of a sudden. But if every day you choose to forgive, and every day you choose to pray for them — then one day, when you remember that incident, you will not remember the pain. The moments and the memories will remain, but the pain will be gone.

And then you will know — the Lord took away the pain.

I know it is selfish of me to ask for your selflessness.

But do you know who was the most selfless person who ever existed?

Jesus Christ.

He literally died for our sins so that we would not have to face eternal damnation. Even though He was a spotless lamb — without sin, without fault — He sacrificed Himself for us. And not even a single drop of His love for us was gone. He still calls us to Him. Even now.

So yes — we can only go to heaven if we are as pure and as selfless as Him. And that starts with forgiving.

Start forgiving. And then pray. Pray for the ones who hurt you. Pray for their sanctification. Pray for their life. Submit them to God's loving hands. Ask Him to take care of them. Ask Him to let them know Him. Ask Him to let their life become a testimony for others.

Because that's what Jesus did for us — while we were still sinners, He prayed for us. While we were still hurting Him, He loved us.

You can do this. Not because you're strong enough. But because He is.

💛

If you need someone to talk to — about forgiveness, pain, faith, or anything at all — mail me at randomthoughts852@gmail.com. I'm just a stranger who cares.

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