Summary

Tamara, Bonnie, and Amy share insights from Matthew 5:23-26 on forgiveness and reconciliation. They emphasize the importance of first reconciling with a brother before offering a gift, and the challenges of forgiveness and reconciliation in situations of abuse. Amy and Tamara also discussed how to approach adversaries with faith and compassion, emphasizing the role of following promptings from God and becoming more like Jesus. They share personal experiences and practical tools for finding peace and healing through forgiveness and reconciliation.

Main Takeaways

• From Bonnie, "My biggest takeaway from today is that, while this can be really hard, to level up into, not only forgive, but reconcile with people in our lives, I want to bear my testimony that I know that when we can root out or cast out like Tamara is saying, the motes and the beams in our eyes, and when we can let go of these grudges and these grievances and sometimes it requires professional help. You know, it certainly requires Heavenly Father and Jesus's help.. . . But when we can do it, those prison walls really will come falling down. The disease the emotional anguish, the hard frustrations, the rat race of the cycles that we get into with our family and friends. Those things stop. And healing really can occur."
• From Amy, "If I can have compassion for the person I'm dealing with, then I can see him or her the way the Savior does. And it changes everything. It changes everything. And that's how I can then agree with someone who appears to be my adversary."
• From Tamara, "Follow those ideas, those thoughts that come when when we're trying to uplevel because God will prompt us know what to do. . . it's God that's putting those thoughts in our head and He is the one that will guide us to take, like you said, the next right step to help us become better, to help us become holier, to help us become more like our Savior."

Podcast Hosts

Tamara K. Anderson

Tamara, founder of Women Warriors of Light, is a dynamic speaker, award winning author, and a podcaster. She is driven by her Christian faith to inspire faith in Jesus Christ. Alongside her husband, Justin, she navigates the joys and challenges of parenting four children with autism, ADHD, and mental health hurdles. You can find out more about Tamara on her website: https://www.tamarakanderson.com/

Bonnie Randall

Bonnie Randall is a wife, mother, trainer, speaker, actress, copywriter, heart centered life coach and has also been a business and marketing consultant for over 20 years. Her real passion is to help people grow as individuals and teach them how to resolve limiting beliefs. Bonnie enjoys teaching about mental health, abuse prevention and recovery classes. She runs a trauma recovery support group and YouTube channel called, Come Off Conqueror, which helps survivors of abuse find Christ centered healing. Find out more at: https://www.youtube.com/@comeoffconqueror

Amy Johnson

Amy is a member of our Women Warriors of Light Advisory Board. She is a leader of women, a homemaker, and a licensed cosmetologist. Amy enjoys nurturing women through betrayal trauma to becoming a beacon of support and inspiration.

Transcript

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