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Forgiveness

by Rhonda McKissack  
2/01/2007 / Poetry

One Sunday in church
I heard someone say
Something that hurt me
And it ruined my day

Wednesday night meetings
I feel like I am left out
Of things that are important
So I really start to pout

At home it seems no different
At work and everywhere
It seems they're out to get me
And they really just don't care

Forgiveness they say
Is what God says to do
But it's easy to say
When it's not done to you

So the anger gets deeper
And it seeps to the heart
The pain becomes stronger
And stings like a dart

They don't deserve forgiveness!
For what they did was wrong
So with hatred and bitterness
I go sat upon my throne

But time brings sadness
And I find myself alone
Until there is no one
Who hasn't done me wrong?

Alone in the darkness
Satan's at work
He's aiding and abetting
And wanting me to hurt

So I cry out to my Father
I don't want to live this way
Forgive me for my anger
And I kneel to him and pray

He shows me in his holy word
What they did to his own son
Where Jesus said "Father forgive them"
"For they know not what they've done"

They slandered him with hurtful words
And beat him to the ground
But still he loved and cared for them
The ones that let him down

He loved us all so very much
He died for us that day
That we would be forgiven
Each time we come to pray

Jesus takes us to his Father
And stands for us today
And says that we are his now
The price he had to pay

So when I feel mistreated
And sorrow gets me lost
I take and give it to the one
Who died upon the cross

Bless the ones that hurt you
And pray for them you see
For you will get the blessing
When Jesus sets you free

For-give
To forgive is to grant pardon without
Harboring resentment.
To pass over an offense and to free the offender from the consequences

Rhonda McKissack is married and a mother of one teenage son.
She lives in Meridian, Ms

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