“How often should I forgive?
As many as seven times?”
“Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy times seven.”
—Matthew 18. 21-22
Resentment seeps back in
like water into the boat.
You have to keep bailing.
Regret returns
with its lingering hunger.
You have to keep feeding it grace.
Grief comes back,
asking again.
You have to hold it till it’s OK.
Love is continually renewed.
It doesn’t just stand there like a rock.
It flows like a river.
This is how we live.
Every breath, every heart beat
is God forgiving you.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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