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When forgiveness doesn't erase the wound you caused

I said something cruel to my wife during a fight three weeks ago and she said she forgives me but there's a new carefulness in her eyes that wasn't there before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The realization that forgiveness and restoration of trust are separate processes creates ongoing relational tension.

Ideas that help explain it
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