Father, when You forgive sins, 

You separate them as far from us as the east is from the west

 

Bury them in the bottom of the deepest sea

and put up a sign for the devil that says,

NO FISHING.

 

Corrie Ten Boom, 1892-1983, Dutch Holocaust Survivor and author

 

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For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.