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                                                         "Don't 
                                                          go to bed angry. Don't 
                                                          give the Devil that 
                                                          kind of foothold in 
                                                          your life."  
                                                          ( Ephesians 4:27) 
                                                        LOCKED 
                                                          BUT THE DOOR WAS OPEN 
                                                        'I 
                                                          put all my valuables 
                                                          into the locker at the 
                                                          gym (like my underwear 
                                                          and dirty socks), put 
                                                          my lock through and 
                                                          clicked the lock shut. 
                                                          Something didn't look 
                                                          quite right though and 
                                                          it took 10 seconds or 
                                                          so for me to realize 
                                                          I had left the door 
                                                          open which is as dumb 
                                                          as a temporary employee 
                                                          we had who had locked 
                                                          the car door but left 
                                                          the window down because 
                                                          couldn't figure out 
                                                          how to lock the door 
                                                          from the inside. 
                                                        God 
                                                          says we leave a small 
                                                          crack open in our hearts 
                                                          and mind when we harbor 
                                                          anger. We give the devil 
                                                          a foothold that he uses 
                                                          to work our minds, he 
                                                          whispers in our ear 
                                                          that we don't deserve 
                                                          to be treated the way 
                                                          were treated, that we 
                                                          deserve better, that 
                                                          we are right, they are 
                                                          wrong and they should 
                                                          pay. 
                                                         
                                                          But God says we should 
                                                          forgive as He forgives. 
                                                          If we hold onto anger 
                                                          we can't forgive, if 
                                                          we release the anger 
                                                          to God and forgive freely, 
                                                          we are released from 
                                                          a burden we were never 
                                                          meant to bear. 
                                                         
                                                          Catch and release my 
                                                          friend.  
                                                          DF 
                                                           
                                                        Rejoice 
                                                          in the Lord Always! 
                                                        Dario 
                                                          Ferko 
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