MOVING
FORWARD
By Everett L.
Worthington Jr.
This book gives six steps to forgiving
yourself and breaking free from the past.
Everett Worthington does this by relating two very difficult incidents
in his life that causes great difficulty in achieving self-forgiveness.
Dr. Worthington not only uses methods of
psychology but uses truths of Scripture to bring a person out of self-condemnation
and be able to repair relationships with others and the relationship of self
with God.
A person must be able to receive God’s
forgiveness in order to forgive self. If
it is possible, confession to a person harmed, apology, and restitution must be
made to repair relationships. Even after
this is done, thoughts may dwell over and over in the person’s mind of the
incident which occurred. These must be
resolved to move on with life.
REACH is used to overcome emotional
self-forgiveness. Dr. Worthington uses
this acrostic to give five steps to achieve this emotional
self-forgiveness. This leads to
rebuilding self-acceptance which has vanished from the beginning of the initial
problem.
The last step includes the resolve to
live virtuously. Many Scriptures are
used as well as quotations from various people to convince and produce success
in this difficult endeavor. The desire
is to leave a life of self-blame and shame and move on to a positive and
productive life. I received this book
free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.
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