Ugandan bishop Festo Kivengere visited a convention gathering of 11,000 in Kenya shortly following the Mau Mau uprising. He watched as a Kikuyu taxi drive from Nairobi, shaking and weeping, confessed that during three years as a terrorist he killed at least sixty people. Nevertheless, he felt God’s love and knew God had forgiven him of all his sins. Still, one incident troubled him. “But there may be a woman in this crowd whose husband I helped to hang in the bedroom, in front of her,” he said. “Can such a woman forgive such a beast of a man?” Indeed, a woman approached him form the crowd, which hushed with anticipation. She reached out and grasped the hand of her husbands killer. “I forgave you that night, when my husband prayed for you,” she said. “You are now my brother.”
Hansen Woodbridge, A God-Sized Vision: Revival stories that stretch and stir
"And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:12
"Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment.... But as for you, O man of God, flee these things (including "the love of money," context). Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.... He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen." portions of 1Timothy 6
O God, early in the morning I cry to you.
Help me to pray
And to concentrate my thoughts on you:
I cannot do this alone.
In me there is darkness, But with you there is light;
I am lonely, but you do not leave me;
I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;
I am restless, but with you there is peace.
In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;
I do not understand your ways, But you know the way for me…
Restore me to liberty,
And enable me to live now
That I may answer before you and before me.
Lord, whatever this day may bring,
Your name be praised.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5
