They told me ‘just forgive’ and everything would be fine. But forgiveness was used as a weapon against me.

God showed a different way—not a demand, but his gentle process. Horizontal forgiveness is a gift, not a requirement to be loved by him.

Part 3 Saturday.

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Ever had forgiveness turned into control? ❤️🙏🏼

You’re not alone.

Part 3 Saturday.

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What lie have you believed about yourself? Feeling brave--share it below.

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One mention of speaking at churches… and I was on the kitchen floor😭, realizing I believed my audience (the church) hated me. A lie I’d carried. Then came the vision: Jesus stepping in, saying, ‘Isn’t what I did enough? 😳

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Part 4: The Day I Ended Up on My Kitchen Floor – One conversation sent me to the floor with a painful realization… plus the vision and dream that confirmed I’d already forgiven more than I knew.

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Next Saturday-Part 5 -You Love People...You Just Hate Christianisms

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https://darlenegaston.com/skin-deep-healing-hidden-hurt-to-wide-open-spaces-pt-4/

My family said: ‘You love people… you just hate Christianisms.’ And ‘Remember Jesus got really angry—at religious people hurting others.’ It was because I love people. That truth set something free.

Part 5 drops Saturday! Anyone else gets truth brings freedom?? 🙋🏻‍♀️

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What ‘Christianese’ has hurt you?

Part 5 shares the breakthrough. Saturday!

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Part 5: You Love People...You Just Hate Christianisms. The family talk that cut through the lies, reminded me of my love for people, and helped untie a knot in my heart.

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Next Saturday-Part 6-Wide Open Spaces:My Healing, Your Invitation

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https://darlenegaston.com/skin-deep-healing-hidden-hurt-to-wide-open-spaces-pt-5/

Beta Bible Study Starts April 9th. So Excited!

I have a great diverse group and I can’t wait to dig into this workbook Passport to Grace.

Oh and if you want to take a sneak peek—Link below—The page is up and my new website is almost complete—Doing some minor fixes now. 🥳

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The rash is fading. The knot is gone. I don’t hate my audience—I love them.

And the body of Christ is our community and is bigger than four walls. Wide open spaces await us all.

This is my healing...and your invitation. Drops Saturday! 💫

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Final part Saturday. Come see where God led.

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Part 6: Wide Open Spaces: My Healing, Your Invitation – Tying it all together: righteous anger has its place, my true audience, the rash finally fading, and stepping into the wide-open spaces God promised.

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Next Saturday-Follow Up

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Even when you know what’s coming, it can still shatter you.
And the only One who can put the pieces back together is God.

Anyone else know that feeling?

The Epilogue for Skin Deep Healing drops this Saturday — the final chapter where a dream brought complete freedom and the rash finally disappeared.
If you’ve been walking this journey with me, you won’t want to miss how God finished what He started.

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Beautiful news, friends-

After every layer of the Skin Deep Healing journey, God has finished the story.
In the final chapter, I share the dream where the women who once hurt me asked for forgiveness… and three days later, the rash was completely gone.

The Epilogue drops this Saturday. ❤️

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God brings complete freedom. See you Saturday! ❤️

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The final chapter is here: A dream where another layer of those who hurt me asked for forgiveness… and three days later, the rash was completely gone.
The Skin Deep Healing journey ends with wide-open freedom.
God finishes what He starts.

Read the full story now.

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https://darlenegaston.com/skin-deep-healing-the-final-chapter/

🌿 Page 35 reminder:

Regard your old self as dead…

Sink into the new garment made just for your heart —

divine kindness, humility, gentle power & regulated patience.

Live from the inside out.

The Door Is Open by Darlene Gaston

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Which piece of this new garment are you putting on today?

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Trip to Vegas to receive an award from Pencraft for my book “The Door Is Open” in ~30 seconds.