Stephen ScogginsFounder - CEO, Lion - Lamb Solutions · Founder CEO Unstoppable Solutions

Forgiveness Vs. Trust…🤔 #entrepreneur #podcast #motivational #foryou #show #stephenscoggins

19 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Stephen Scoggins explains the difference between forgiveness and trust: forgiveness should be given immediately as a means of freeing yourself from bitterness, while trust must be rebuilt slowly and earned over time. He emphasizes that forgiving does not require restoring the prior relationship or immediately trusting the offender, and that forgiveness is for your freedom rather than because the offender deserves it.

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Forgiveness and trust are not the same thing. You're supposed to forgive immediately and trust slowly. Like when someone's betrayed you or someone has definitely wronged you and you. You can forgive them immediately, but doesn't mean you have to trust them. A lot of people have a hard time forgiving because they think the moment I forgive, I have to trust them. Not only do you not have to trust them, you probably shouldn't. A lot of times people won't forgive because they think it's with. Forgiveness is an invitation to the previous relationship. It's not. You can forgive and say, I forgive you, I don't trust you. That's gonna have to be earned. It's easy to forgive someone that's genuinely sorry. It's really hard to forgive someone who isn't sorry. And it's really, really hard to forgive someone who's so arrogant and so narcissistic they don't even think they need forgiveness. Then you're like, why should I forgive them? They don't even know they're not worthy of my forgiveness. And you have to go, it's not that they're worthy of it. It's not that they deserve it. It's not that they've earned it. You just have to be free because. Because as long as you're bitter, you're in their story. The only way to get back into your own story is through forgiveness.