About this episode
Marie Monville discusses how pain can change us but emphasizes the importance of keeping our hearts open to love and forgiveness, using the Easter story as a backdrop.
Pain changes us. But it doesn't have to change our hearts. That's the truth I want to sit with today — because I think a lot of us have experienced a moment where something hurt us deeply and without even realizing it, we started to shut down. The walls went up. We became more guarded. Less open. And we told ourselves it was necessary. And maybe it was, for a season. But here's what I've learned: when we put up a wall to keep the pain out, it keeps everything out. It keeps people out. It keeps love out. And it keeps God out too. I know that because I've lived it. This week I want us to step into the Easter story differently. Not from the end — not with the resurrection already in view — but scene by scene, moment by moment. Because when we read Jesus's story knowing how it ends, we can unintentionally bypass the very real pain he felt as a human being. He was betrayed by someone close to him. Denied by one of his closest friends. Abandoned by the very people who said they would stay. Publicly mocked and crucified. From a human perspective, those are exactly the moments where we would expect anger. Bitterness. A desire for retaliation. Instead he said, "Father, forgive them, for…
People in this episode
Host: Marie Monville
Topics covered
- forgiveness
- pain
- love
- spirituality
- Easter story
- healing
Keywords
- forgiveness
- pain
- love
- Easter
- healing
- spirituality
- Jesus
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