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My mom used to beat me over being left handed, threatened me with a gun and knives, would use isolation as a punishment. My brother turned into an alcoholic over it. How do you forgive this person, when so much hurt has been cause, so many lives destroyed?

My mom used to beat me over being left handed, threatened me with a gun and knives, would use isolation as a punishment. My brother turned into an alcoholic over it. How do you forgive this person, when so much hurt has been cause, so many lives destroyed?

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Start simple: focus on the forgiveness that you have been granted. It's a combination of recognizing how sinful you were in God's eyes - what your rebellion and hostility towards God entailed.

Then look at the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. I'd stay in Hebrews, Galatians, and Romans for ... years!

I haven't perfected forgiveness. There are several people in my life who continue to pile on offense, and I don't always forgive freely, as I have been forgiven.