100 Words on Forgiveness

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They are easily three of the most amazing words to hear and, simultaneously, three of the most difficult words to utter.

I forgive you.

To hear them said to you is the damp cloth brought to the cracked lips of a man lost for days in the desert.

To say them to another is almost god-like in its power to restore to life a relationship that was dead or dying.

And yet, knowing this to be true, why do I often times find them so difficult to utter?

Why do I withhold?

To my shame, I know not...


This is my entry for The Father 100 from the prompt word forgiveness.