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Seventy Times Seven
ForgivenessGraceBitternessLove
A seven-day walk through the song "He Never Said He's Sorry" — from the stone you've held too long to a freedom that never depended on his apology. Closes with a group session.
"Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."
A song for the road you're on.
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Seventy Times Seven Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Verse 1] I've held this stone so long my hands forgot they're free Rehearsed the fight in the dark, the words he'd never speak I lit the wound like a candle, left it burning on the sill Told myself it kept me safe, but it was breaking my own will [Pre-Chorus] Before I found the words to say Before my knees hit the floor to pray [Chorus] He was seventy times seven kind Bled out loving me, arms open wide "Father, forgive them, they don't know" While I stood there clutching what You'd let go He never asked for sorry — He just bled instead And I'm done carrying what already died with Him [Verse 2] So I'm setting the stone down, watch my hands begin to shake Years of holding on, and now I don't know what to make But the ground feels like grace under feet that finally moved I'm not waiting by that door for a knock I'll never prove [Pre-Chorus] Before he ever owns what he's done Grace already called me home [Chorus] He was seventy times seven kind Bled out loving me, arms open wide "Father, forgive them, they don't know" While I stood there clutching what You'd let go He never asked for sorry — He just bled instead And I'm done carrying what already died with Him [Bridge] It's not for him — God, it was never his to keep It's the fist I've had clenched since the night I couldn't sleep I release him to You with a voice that's breaking too 'Cause forgiving him is how I finally forgive what I've been through [Outro] He never said he's sorry But I stopped waiting at the door He never said he's sorry I don't need it anymore