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VAS
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0 posted 2001-03-23 10:58 AM


Written during a convicting sermon.

Unlimited Forgiveness
Virginia Salter

Forgive seventy times seven,
but then who’s counting?
The sins of my neighbor...
they just keep mounting.

This sin, of my brother,
is greater than my love;
I can’t open my heart,
just give him a shove

This sin, of my sister,
wounds heart and soul.
It hampers my will,
messes with my goal

To be forgiving,
to be kind.
In the Lord
to be one mind.

For my weakness, Lord,
please forgive.
Help me go forward
and in Your will live.

So goes the prayer
of a “would-be prodigal”
judgmental of others
yet pleads God’s merciful.

© July 23, 2000


© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Elizabeth
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1 posted 2001-03-23 11:33 AM


And your poem is convicting as well....nicely done, Virginia.
Lighthousebob
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2 posted 2001-03-23 03:05 PM


VAS,

When I think about the incredible debt that I have been forgiven,
How is it that I cannot forgive others? Imminsely Convicting. Bob <><

BloomingRose
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3 posted 2001-03-23 04:49 PM


Well written. I think we go through much the same battles of the mind. Spritiual warfare is the pits! However, we know who is greater than all of this.
Praise God his mercy is brand new every day, and in his strength we can be overcomers.
Deb

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4 posted 2001-03-24 02:36 PM


Really enjoyed this. Makes a person think long thoughts!

Betty Lou Hebert

walker
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5 posted 2001-03-24 05:35 PM


Very truthful words, such a liberating act to forgive and so hard to do. Thanks for sharing, it really touched me.

A quarter of a century must pass, for the writer to understand what and why he writes.

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