The Narrow Way

Unforgiveness is a wound that never closes.
It festers.
It spreads.
It steals joy and poisons peace.

But forgiveness is the key that unlocks healing.
It is the release that lets God pour oil on the places still bleeding.
Psalm 147:3 says,
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Yet often, the healing can’t begin until the heart first releases the offender.

Forgiveness doesn’t erase the memory.
It doesn’t undo the pain.
But it takes the sting out of the memory,
and allows God to repurpose the pain.
It takes what the enemy meant for evil
and transforms it into testimony.

Joseph looked at the very brothers who betrayed him,
sold him, abandoned him,
and said in Genesis 50:20,
“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
Forgiveness turned betrayal into blessing,
and pain into purpose.

Healing is never found in revenge.
It’s found at the cross.
Restoration doesn’t come by demanding repayment.
It comes by releasing debt,
and letting the blood of Jesus cover both you and them.

And here’s the miracle
when you forgive, God doesn’t just restore you to where you were.
He restores you to better.
Stronger.
Fuller.
More whole than before.

Because forgiveness doesn’t just change your heart
it invites God to breathe new life into your story.
And what He restores
always carries more glory than what was lost.

So forgive,
and let the healing begin.
Release,
and watch God restore.
Because in the Kingdom,
forgiveness is always the first step to freedom.