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without being absorbed by their feathers.
If offenses and hurts come your way,
imagine them forming droplets and rolling
right off your back into the Lord’s hands.
This would be much better than letting
them penetrate your soul and scar your
heart.

What About You
There is also the matter of forgiving
yourself. Do you keep recalling those
things you should have done but didn’t?
Or, do you keep recalling those things
that you did but you wish you hadn’t? Are
you holding a grudge against yourself?
Forgive yourself too. Realize that as
perfect and as good as we desire to be,
we are still human. Sometimes we make
mistakes or give into weaknesses. Take
them to God. Jesus already made the
greatest sacrifice for us:
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just and will forgive us our sins

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