12/01/2026
The Weight of Forgiveness , Letting Go Without Losing Yourself
Forgiveness is one of the heaviest things the human heart is ever asked to carry.
In marriage, it is not a matter of if you will be hurt, it is a matter of when. Two imperfect people living closely together will step on each other’s hearts, sometimes by mistake, sometimes by weakness, sometimes by carelessness.
In Nigeria today, many homes are held hostage by old wounds. Words spoken ten years ago still sleep in the heart. Mistakes already apologized for are still used as weapons. Some couples are no longer fighting about today , they are fighting about yesterday, and the day before yesterday.
Forgiveness does not mean what happened didn’t hurt.
It does not mean you pretend everything is fine.
It means you choose not to let the pain become the ruler of your future.
Unforgiveness is a heavy burden. It turns love into suspicion. It turns conversations into arguments. It turns the bed into a battlefield. Many marriages are tired not because life is hard, but because the heart is carrying too many unresolved hurts.
But here is the deep truth:
you don’t forgive because your partner deserves it, you forgive because your marriage needs it, and your soul needs peace.
Forgiveness is not weakness. It is courage.
It is saying, “I will not let this pain turn me into someone I am not.”
It is choosing healing over bitterness, freedom over emotional prison.
However, forgiveness is also wisdom. It does not mean tolerating abuse or repeated disrespect. It means setting boundaries, rebuilding trust slowly, and allowing actions not just words to prove change.
In the sacred journey of marriage, forgiveness is not a one time event. It is a lifestyle. Sometimes you forgive daily. Sometimes you forgive the same issue again and again, until love becomes stronger than memory.
Because a marriage that cannot forgive will eventually suffocate under the weight of its own past.
“Forgiveness is not erasing the past; it is refusing to let the past steal your future.”
now i ask you Question from my heart:
Is there something you are still holding in your heart that is quietly poisoning your marriage?