In this Joy Restored Podcast episode, Chariti continues her conversation with Royce Wilson, picking up after a prior episode on truth and lament and moving into the next two pillars: forgiveness and gratitude. They discuss lament as “grief that refuses to remain alone,” emphasizing the need for safe, authentic connection rather than performance-based Christianity driven by information. Chariti shares how, after her son’s death, she struggled to forgive until God helped her see a person “through His lens,” which shifted her from trying to force forgiveness into experiencing it as a powerful, transformative moment. Royce explains forgiveness as renouncing ownership and responsibility for the debt caused by harm, giving it to Jesus rather than trying to ensure the perpetrator “pays,” and warns against rushing forgiveness as a Christian performance w ...