Forgiveness Is a Process, Not a Switch

You may have already tried to forgive, and the next day, the hurt came back — and with it came the frustration: 'I thought I was over this.' Take a breath: forgiveness is rarely a switch you flip once. It's more like a decision you make again every time the memory returns. When Jesus spoke of forgiving 'seventy times seven,' He wasn't only talking about forgiving many people, but perhaps many times over the same wound. Every time the pain resurfaces, you hand it over again. Needing to forgive the same thing more than once isn't failure; that's how healing works. Don't shame yourself for still feeling it. You're not back at square one — you're slowly loosening a knot that was pulled tight. Every time you choose to let go, even again, that's a victory.