The sun was up, the neighborhood waking. I wiped my face clean with the back of my sleeve, the warming air soft on my wet cheeks. A prayer welled up within me, a new kind of prayer. I was done begging God to forgive me for being too bitter, too needy, too egotistical, too tired. Repenting one day for being too much, the next for not being enough. Now I clearly understood my real offence against heaven: the stubborn refusal that every failing that I had–from the first–had been forgiven. Bethany Pierce
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The sun was up, the neighborhood waking. The meaning of this quote comes from the words "The sun was up, the neighborhood waking" by J.D. Salinger. It describes the time when one is free from all sinful temptations because morning has come.

When one is so tired that they can not even forgive themselves after falling into sin, but it is still the time when they are free from all their sins. This shows that good things come to those who are strong enough to be forgiven for their mistakes. The ending of the quote mentions that nothing should keep one from asking God for forgiveness for their mistakes, because even if they are too tired to forgive themselves, God will forgive them for anything they have done wrong in their past.

Source: Amy Inspired

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