IT NEVER REALLY DAWNED ON ME THAT BY NOT FORGIVING
A CAPTIVE I MADE OF ME I FELT AS LONG AS I HELD
A GRUDGE IT HELD YOU AND NOT ME I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME
TO FORGIVE AND LET IT BE.
I WALKED AROUND ALL THIS TIME AND NEVER THOUGHT TO KNOW
IT WAS ME STILL HURTING INSIDE YOU'D LONG LET IT GO
I SPENT SO MUCH TIME THINKING HOW I COULD PAY YOU BACK
WHILE NOT WATCHING MY OWN LIFE SPIRALED OFF TRACK.
I HAVE COME TO KNOW RESOLUTELY IN LIFE WE ALL SHOULD LEARN TO FORGIVE FOR IT IS IN COMPETE FORGIVENESS WE ARE FREE TO TRULY LIVE.
I'VE HEARD IT SAID WHY GIVE FREE RESIDENCE TO SOME ONE IN YOUR HEAD FOR IT IS YOU WHO PAYS THE RENT IT'S YOU HELD CAPTIVE INSTEAD.
I SET ME FREE OF THIS AWFUL FEELING OF REVENGE I LIVE NOW IN A QUIET PLACE NOT WITH-OUT BUT WITH-IN AND NOW I FEEL OH SO FREE BECAUSE NOW I'VE LEARNED TO SEE REVENGE IS FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR ME
IN ORDER TO BE FORGIVEN OF GOD YOU MUST FIRST YOURSELF FORGIVE FOR IN FORGIVENESS YOU ARE RELEASED TO TRULY FREELY LIVE
WRITTEN BY W.P. COSBY-ARNOLD MAY 9TH 2012 (C)COPYRIGHT 2012
