FORGIVENESS PERFECTED
Prayer written on an inner wall of a Nazi concentration camp: “O Lord, when I shall come with glory in your kingdom, do not remember only the men of good will; remember also the men of evil. May they be remembered not only for their acts of cruelty in this camp, the evil they have done to us prisoners, but balance against their cruelty the fruits we have reaped under the stress and in the pain; the comradeship, the courage, the greatness of heart, the humility and patience which have been born in us and become part of our lives, because we have suffered at their hands. May the memory of us not be a nightmare to them when they stand in judgment. May all that we have suffered be acceptable to you as a ransom for them.” Then the final words are “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and die…” James Platt, Warrenton Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, SC,…
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