It's probably not new to hear that God loves you. But for this writer God's love is not just familiar words; it is the power that freed her from turmoil and addiction.
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evening recently, after a day alternating between instances of minor mischief and his muttering that "I just don't like myself," my six-year-old son responded reluctantly to my request for help by getting something that I needed for his baby sister, whom I was changing upstairs.
Real forgiveness calls for a fresh view — not just of the individual we are trying to forgive but of ourselves as well. We need a spiritual insight into what God creates.