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Chapter 2

Heartaches
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H
olding onto heartaches turned into
my own private monsters:
Oh, the anger and the pain, the hate,
the bitterness that overwhelms my whole
being. See what he has done to me. Look
and see and feel the pain and sadness
he brought into my life. The frustration
envelopes me and the anger grows like
its own being inside of me. I feel like I will
burst. How I want to run away and hide,
to be alone to lick my wounds.
My soul cries out to God, “Save me
from such undeserved treatment.” Does
God hear me? Where is He?

I cannot shake this anger. It lingers
on and on, year after year, eating away
at my heart. Who says, “Forgive?” How

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