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The penitentiary of pain is huge, yet each inmate suffers in solitary confinement, isolated by hurts they often cannot talk about. The abused are here, those who have been betrayed by parent or spouse; prisoners, each and every one, locked in a dungeon of hurts too deep for words. Others put you there but they cannot keep you there. You hold in your hands the key to your freedom. Forgive those who sinned against you and you will be free.
“But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.”
— Mark 11:25 (NLT)
Lord, help us to realize that while forgiveness does not change the past it does unlock the future. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.