A small animal didn't jump off a cliff so its babies would sprout wings and become birds.

It's about that head-tilted, parental look He gives me when I pretend my rebellion is reasonable.

There were more occasional tears of Joy and a childlike embrace of that new concept: freedom.

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It's not such a big deal when someone bumps your shoulder or forgets to replace the toilet paper. But what about the hard stuff? What about real hurt?

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Unforgiveness; the formula is everywhere. It's next to impossible to get away from it and even more impossible to grow up without its influence.

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Unforgiveness is a poison. I've seen it spur revenge, violence, outcasting of family members, the evil behavior of entire communities and even physical illness.

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When we don't forgive, we go on a life-long hunt for something we will never find.

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When you find yourself in that kind of situation; you become the scape goat. It gets harder and harder to have forgiveness of self.

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When people say: "Listen to your heart", they may not even realize how incredibly accurate that statement can be.

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I didn't yet understand it, but somehow, everything felt different.

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A message for those in doubt.

I left the whole thing behind and spent a couple of decades promoting what I thought was truth; that God, to me, wasn’t real.

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I’m a doubting Thomas, about just about everything. I need signs and data. In part it’s because I have a hard time trusting people, and also, it’s because I’m a scientist. 

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I’ve spent time in many different churches, practiced Yoga, studied Hinduism, spent a year in Methodist services, and Grace and Jewel and I lived on the grounds of a Buddhist center while joining their practices for almost an entire year. As I said, I've seen a lot. 

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I read it again, and as I do this, Paul’s words start to come alive.

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Never just look at things from straight on. Always look around the back, the sides, above, below and all sorts of angles. 

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It’s going to happen. There will be times when faith is tested no matter who you are. 

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We have the ability to oppose ourselves and break our own faith; to cause our own damage and then be blinded by our own consequences. 

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Even if my destiny was eternal fire, I still want to learn to do the right thing. 

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It means not only practicing Biblical faith, but also accepting those hard moments that God puts in my path, even when I don’t want to accept them.

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