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Tbear

(525 posts)

7. Love your enemies

Reply to qwlauren35 (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2024, 07:28 AM

Apr 2024

Yes I have prayed for him a couple of times.
I believe the idea is to soften your heart towards your enemies.
In this case I didn’t put a lot of effort into it and the softening is fleeting at best.
Lock him up.

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