With a smile Gabe clasped both of Murphy's hands in his, without breaking gaze. "Our Father in Heaven," he said softly, just loud enough to be heard over the patter of the shower-water.
"In Your name I pray for Murphy Pendleton. Help him find the courage and will to continue in spite of what he has suffered. Let him feel Your love so he may know that it is eternal. In the difficulties Murphy must face day by day, here in this Institute and whatever life he has afterward, may he know that You are watching, regardless of whether You might be seen or unseen. Help him bear his sins until such a time he is ready to ask forgiveness. Because when that time comes, I know he will already be forgiven."
The last line was said quietly, half as if an aside to someone Gabe knew very well and was sharing a knowledge they knew which others might. The other half was said directly to Murphy himself, as encouragement, as faith that he would be forgiven. If he only asked.
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"In Your name I pray for Murphy Pendleton. Help him find the courage and will to continue in spite of what he has suffered. Let him feel Your love so he may know that it is eternal. In the difficulties Murphy must face day by day, here in this Institute and whatever life he has afterward, may he know that You are watching, regardless of whether You might be seen or unseen. Help him bear his sins until such a time he is ready to ask forgiveness. Because when that time comes, I know he will already be forgiven."
The last line was said quietly, half as if an aside to someone Gabe knew very well and was sharing a knowledge they knew which others might. The other half was said directly to Murphy himself, as encouragement, as faith that he would be forgiven. If he only asked.