Only I can pardon my persecutors...only I can set them free.
Isn't that a wonderful thought? Doesn't it quiet your mind?...even when there are no known persecutors in your life.
The clarion call that lifts my heart is the realization that simply changing my mind sets me and my persecutor free...s/he now walks free in my mind.
And it is possible to know, to gut-bucket know, that we are right and to let our persecutor off the hook at the same time. We saw the living example of just that last week in Charleston, SC...those agonized family members crying uncontrollably, speaking to the murderer of their loved ones, and simultaneously saying, "I forgive you."
There. That's God's hand in it. Not in the murders, that's ego gone evil, but in the hearts and minds of those left behind. God's hand healing their hurt, and in that healing, bringing the possibility of good to the city, the state, the country...and even maybe, please and thank You, the murderer.
Resist not evil and be free.
Thank you.
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