Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God who held up huge palms and said “Thou shalt not, ” now I find peace with a sister god who takes my open hands in hers and says, “You will.

Betsy Cornwell
Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God...
Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God...
Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God...
Where once I prayed for forgiveness from a father God...
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When I was young I prayed to my father for forgiveness, but when I became an adult, I found peace in the arms of a sister, who offered forgiveness in return for my open hands.

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