By Cathy Downen, MA, MA, PLPC At Agape Christian Counseling Services, we assist many people who are struggling to find freedom in the aftermath of feeling deep hurts. We help clients cope with the results of living in a fallen world and journey with them on the road to recovery from all varieties of abuse, addictions, infidelity, poverty, racism, grief, illness, unemployment, and many other kinds of problems. Many times, the inevitable questions arise: How can I ever forgive? Does God expect me to forgive even that?  Is it really necessary to forgive? What forgiveness is: Every Christian understands the Biblical concept that there is healing in forgiveness, and we’re…