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“Not long ago,” writes Madeleine L’Engle, “someone I love said something which wounded me grievously…in great pain, I crawled to my journal and wrote it all out in a great burst of self-pity. And when I had it before me, I saw that something I myself had said had called forth the words which had hurt me so. It had, in fact, been my own fault. But I would never have seen it if I had not written it out.” That’s the power of journaling!
“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
— Psalm 141:3 (NIV 1984)
keep watch over the door of my lips.”
Forgive me, Lord, for my careless words have sorely wounded those I love. Heal the hurts I have caused. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.