This is a true story. A lady in Florida was raped, shot in the head, brutally mutilated and left to die. Astoundingly, she survived the ordeal. Her head wound left her permanently blinded. In a television interview the host was reflecting on the bitterness she must feel because of the unhealing scars she would have to deal with the rest of her life.  Her astonishing reply: “On, no! That man took one night of my life, but I refuse to give him one additional second!”

We cannot undo the past. We cannot change what has happened to us. But we do not have to allow past abuses to be continual abuses. We can take the hurt and memories and give them to God, never to allow them to control us. We can fight a good fight against Satan by not permitting him to do any further damage to our soul. I am free! Release it to God.