Monday, June 29, 2015

Forgiving Yourself and Breaking Free From Guilt, Shame, and Failures


It is difficult to forgive others. It can be even more difficult to forgive yourself for something. 

It is necessary however to be able to free yourself from any guilt and shame that you are experiencing. 


Guilt and shame will just keep eating at you and continue to feed negativity into your mind and spirit. This will affect your mental and physical health. If you feel bad about something that you did – or didn’t do and it is bothering you, it may be time to forgive yourself. 


Past failures and poor decisions are just that….. they are in the past. 



The way that you see yourself is not an accurate picture of what God has done for you and how He sees you. God loves you deeply and completely. When you don’t forgive yourself and let go and take the gift of God’s redemption, you are denying yourself of the gift God gave you. 

You are worthy!!    You are worthy!! 

God has already forgiven you and so he doesn’t want you to feel bad. God wants you to live and peace and to feel his everlasting Love. 

Set yourself free. Don’t choose to focus on feeling bad to try and punish yourself. That is not productive. Make the decision to forgive yourself for anything that you need to forgive yourself for. 

The best thing that you can do is let it go and move forward with what you have learned from the situation.  

  
Fill in the blank……. Today, I forgive myself for………………………………………………………………

Then, let it go. Fill your spirit with positive thoughts of how you are going to move forward with what you have learned and in loving with perfect peace, the peace that God has placed for you when he died on the cross.

it is a blessing to give and to receive a gift. 

You can honor God by accepting His gift with great joy and begin to see yourself as a new creation in Christ.


Your past failures are forgiven. Forgive yourself. You did the best that you could with where you were, with what you had, and with what you knew- or were capable of----------- let it go. 


Demonstrate self-care and self-love and learn from your past and apply what you learned for a brighter tomorrow!



Isaiah 43:25, "I, even I, am he that blotteth 

out thy transgressions for mine own sake, 

and will not remember thy sins."

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 


                    By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

                     Blog Website LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

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