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I could confess it to Him. My mind was ?ooded with many memories of things I had done wrong, and one of them was my introduction of Mike. I felt terrible about my unintentionally cruel and thoughtless words and the damage they must have done. I couldn’t believe that after all the times I had been hurt in my life by the callous comments of others, I had done the same thing to someone else. I asked God to forgive me for being so unloving and stupid. If I could have found Mike and apologized to him in person, I would have. But I couldn’t, so I tried to make it up to him by praying that God would bless his life in every way. I prayed that somehow the words I said would be retracted from his memory or at least lose their sting and he would be healed of any pain my comment must have caused him. I prayed he would be able to forgive me. I prayed I could forgive myself. One of areas that can cause the greatest trouble in our lives is located on the face between the chin and the nose. With our mouth we can say things we shouldn’t and end up hurting others and paying the consequences. I was paying the consequences for words I had said 15 years ago ?vR6?( ?BF?R?W"v?&G2&6???6RvR7V?F?V????vR6?F??2???v??R?B??RF?&Rf?&v?fV?'?F?R?ffV?FVB'G??F?R&W7Bv?F???R7W&RF?Bv?B6??W2?WB?b?W"??WF??2v??B?2F?WBF??Vv?G2???W"?V'BF?B&Rv??B?( ??WB?bF?R'V?F?6R?bF?R?V'BF?R??WF?7V?>( ???GF?Wr#?3B???bvR?????W"?V'Bv?F?v?N( ?2G'WF??Bv?N( ?2??fR?F?N( ?2v?Bv???6??R?WB??fR??RWfW"&VV?&?V?B6??V??Rv??6?????2??F?RF??R?"7V?2?VvF?fV?&?WBF?V?6V?fW2?B?F?W'3??6?( ?B?BW??W7F??s??fR??R&VV?v?F?F?R???B?bW'6??v????R?WfW"??Wrv?B??'&?&?RF???r?v?B6??R?WB?bF?V?"??WF????R6??&F?v?BF?vWBv?g&??F?V???