Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Karl Menninger, famous psychiatrist and owner of the Menninger clinics said that 75% of his patients could leave his hospitals if they could believe that they were forgiven. We all mess up- and therefore we alll stand in need of what we will study tomorrow: "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Trying to pretend we are forgiven when we have not come to God asking is like trying to smile to someone on shore while holding two big beach balls under the water-- it takes so much energy and we need to let them go. In fact, being forgiven of our debt is letting our past sins go and moving on.
Prayer: Help me, O Lord, to forgive others, and by doing so know I am also forgiven by you.
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