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A mother sits in the courtroom gallery,
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her hands trembling as the drunk driver
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is led to the stand. The judge asks if
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she has a statement. She stands slowly
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and walks toward the microphone. Her
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voice breaks as she tells the judge,
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"I forgive him." She asks for mercy
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instead of maximum prison time. The
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driver's head drops into his hands and
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his shoulders shake. His body convulses
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with sobs, the kind that come from a
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soul finally seeing what it's done.
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15 years later, he walks into a youth
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center wearing a counselor's badge. He
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sits across from a teenage boy with
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hollow eyes and tracks up his arm. The
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boy listens as the counselor shares his
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story. The accident, the courtroom, the
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woman who saved his life by forgiving.
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The boy's chin trembles. Then he nods.
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Years pass. 53 young people walk across
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a graduation stage. They hug the
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counselor at the finish line. A mother's
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forgiveness became a man's redemption.
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His redemption became 53 second chances.
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That's the God who turns the worst
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moment into the greatest purpose.
