I've never felt this far from God
I almost feel like giving up again
In my bones, in my blood
There's a sickness I'd change if I could
But the fire that rages inside me
Erased all the good.
Father help me, do you understand?
All my life, I've been a wicked man
Show me mercy and comfort me
I need to find redemption
(I'm just trying to find some)
Redemption...
— Was that mercy? Or was it to make sure he’s dead?
— ...
I’ve been thinking about your question of whether revenge would heal the wrong done to you. I advise you now that you must not seek it. For the sake of your soul, for the sake of your own life, you must find the grace to forgive. Freedom is hard-won, but it is not the fruit of murder. Do not fear that he will escape vengeance. Such a man carries with him the seeds of his own destruction. If he does not die by my hand, it will be by another, but it must not be by your hand. Hear me, for the sake of the love I bear you. Your loving father.
— Why no shoes?
— Because I gave them away to someone who needed them more. We all do that. It stops us from forgetting what we really are.
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath... Your whole life you hear that quoted. I never got it till now. Mercy is not something you ever get to request. Not strained means not forced. It's given freely. No reason. Just a gift drops from the sky. Twice blessed. Blessing him that gives and him that takes.
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