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I forgive, but I never forget.

" Not everyone you love is meant to be tangible. Praying for them but keeping them away from your space is also a form of love." - Gloria Mwange It's been a little over a month now that I have been trying to crack the code on forgiveness and I can't lie, it has been the hardest thing I have done since 2018 has started. We all know how the mind works sometimes and if it doesn't forget, you will never know true forgiveness. I remember a story in the bible when Peter asked Jesus how many times we had to forgive those who sin against us; and Jesus replied " Seventy times seven times everyday " - Matthew 18:21-22. Not a lifetime, but every time someone wrongs us, we have to forgive. Can you imagine? we live in a world that continuously tells us that we can forgive but never forget what the person has done, do you know how hard it must be to truly forgive? There is a specific reason why I'm insisting on forgiveness. It's not JUST because I am C...

A clean begining

" There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." - John Ruskin Dear God, As leaves begin to fall and nature changes its course,  I pray that you strengthen us; Teach us to not only focus on the bad weather but to be focused on You the creator of all things with purpose. That everything we bottled up during the summertime be stripped from us so that you may work in us thoroughly. Teach us to see the beauty in fallen leaves. Set us free, for this is our clean beginning. Amen.