Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again

Get this and The Forgiveness Journal!!
I just finished yesterday…and wow. This book is a must read!! Forgiveness is something I’ve always struggled with, and I’ve been in a really bad place lately after being hurt. I knew as a Christian I had to forgive, but I didn’t know where to start. I read the “Forgiving What You Can’t Forget” 5 day devotion on The Bible App and each day I was moved to tears. After finishing that I immediately bought the book (so read the free devotion first if you’re unsure if you should buy it or not)! Lysa was so open and honest about her struggles in her personal life. She never tried to seem perfect, she was real and relatable. I believe she covered all aspects of forgiveness and how we as humans can feel about it/those who hurt us. Everything she said were thoughts I was having. I’ve been so angry, bitter, and hurt, but she gave me such a different perspective about my hurt and the ones who have hurt me. It’s tough to get through because it’s heavy, but everyone needs to push through. Even if you don’t believe what she’s saying at that time, it will resonate with your heart, and the more you read, the more your perspective will change. Get this book and have an open mind, trust me.However, if you’re going to get this book, you seriously need to invest in “The Forgiveness Journal” as well. I’m not much of a writer/journaler, but it helped me beyond measures in this scenario. I believe reading this book is not going to be anywhere near as effective unless you’re willing to take a step back and write out what you’ve learned to process everything. Lysa provides Bible verses and guided questions to help you sort out your thoughts after each chapter. The beauty of this journal is that you get to write what you want, unfiltered, and it will only be yours to see.If you’ve suffered any type of heartbreak, past or present, please get these two books. It’s worth it, I promise. It’s not going to change you overnight, but it will change your perspective and help you begin the process of forgiving, which is Lysa’s goal. Get it, please, trust me.

Thorough & insightful necessity for life!
Love her books!

What Happened?
The book was such an excellent read that gently hand-held me with grace & simple explanation AT THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE! I started to feel free, light and hopeful. I was getting answers And I felt like it was going to lead to breakthrough, but then….towards the end…. it felt rushed. I felt kinda condemned even though it wasn’t trying to be.The late middle to the end started to have a lot of personal stories; Not that it was bad, but I felt like it was distracting the journey I thought I was on.It had also described this wonderful person we get to meet and new discovery and freedom we will feelI thought the book would have touched on that some more. I was feeling very hopeful thinking about a healthier me but then the book started to feel negative as if the pain is something that won’t be gone and hpHow it’s necessary to sit in grief. Encouraging pain. It just overall started to feel negative for me and the hopeful feelings I had suddenly went away because of that being reemphasized. That’s why I took off a star.I realized later that we need God to heal us and we can’t do it ourselves, I tried processing alone and I couldn’t do it. It started a spiral unless I was doing it wrong.Also at first, it explained that reconciliation wasn’t necessary, but then towards the end, it seemed like it was being encouraged. It seem like the end had less grace and personality.I was also not clear about how to get rid of bitterness. The end was not very guiding and on the readers’ level like the beginning.I also thought there would have been a little bit more practical journal prompts to help us Or she would have suggested the index card exercise for us.Pretty much, it was a very disappointing ending for me. I was thinking about buying two more copies for my friends, but I am left feeling negative right now and I no longer want to.That same grace and permission to have freedom in the beginning would have helped if it had continued but it turned negative to me.To summarize, this was had a very highly excellent beginning and middle! Lifechanging answers! Good book. Couldnt put it down. The author was present with the reader like it was a conversationI love that style of writing! It was amazing, but later on, what happened ?

This book is brilliant. Lysa writes almost from such a direct and personal point of view and beautifully brings in faith and religion in such a gentle way and as a reminder to teach you how to forgive. She teaches that forgiveness is very much a process AND an action and something we have to practice. She very much validate the pain you’ve been through. I’ve never connected to a book so much like this, and I’m now gonna be buying all her books. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Even if you’re not a religious person – please trust this book. You’ll be in with it straight away

I concetti nel libro sono sicuramente validi ma sono troppo spesso supportati da riferimenti religiosi. La scrittrice utilizza esperienze personali per affrontare gli argomenti trattati. Mentre capisco che la religione si una elemento importante per la scrittrice non vedo la necessità di validare tutti gli argomenti attraverso riferimenti a Gesu e alla Bibbia. I concetti possono essere validi anche senza di essi.

This book has forced me to change my point of view for my own good. Its a good read