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## 103:10
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> Not According to our Sins
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>> He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities
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Occasion: When I need to forgive
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Lord, I know I need to forgive.
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I also know I cannot make the hurt disappear
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by deciding that I should.
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What happened still matters.
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What was said was still said.
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What was broken does not become unbroken
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because I forgive.
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So teach me what forgiveness actually asks of me.
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Keep me from feeding this wound
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just to keep the anger alive.
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Keep me from returning to the old scene
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to prosecute the case one more time.
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I do not want what was done to me
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to become something I carry everywhere.
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You have shown me mercy
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without calling wrong right.
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Teach me that kind of mercy.
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I may need to forgive again tomorrow,
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and again after that.
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For today,
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help me loosen my grip.
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The hurt can remain part of my story
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without it becoming part of who I am.
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Amen.
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