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PSALM 103:10 “He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.”

On a writing retreat in south Florida, I learned of a man who had an altercation with another individual on the streets of Miami. They exchanged punches and one of the men fell to the ground. Rising and dusting himself off, he left the scene and returned to his vehicle, apparently having lost the fight. That’s when anger took control; in a fit of rage, he aimed his new Corvette at full speed onto the sidewalk, running


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