Matthew 6:12 (NRSV)
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Verse 12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Devotion
How I cling to being wronged and nurse outrage! It’s fun. People with hearts like mine ought not pray this petition, then. We have prior work to do, righteousness to shed, before asking God to forgive our accounts. Yet God primes mercy’s pump. And debt-free, I can let go of my hold on the one who was once a scoundrel to me, and is now restored as my sister or brother.
Prayer
Release pride’s hold on my ego, God, along with my puny sense of self, that I might rest in your mercy and share its abundance. Amen.