Matthew 18:21

The Peter came and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times."

This verse hit me in the face today when I was reading scriptures and it got me stoked. Forgiveness is a funny thing.

I know its hard to forgive someone when they wrong you. But try to look at it from a different perspective.

Look at yourself. I'll look at myself for instance. I pretty much suck. I have a filthy sailor mouth, I can be mean, I can judge others, I lie, I have stolen stuff in the past, I have had inappropriate addictions, I have hurt other people, I have been selfish.

And this can all be done in a single day, if you really think about it.

But, you see I am forgiven. Now think for a second the things you do which you know are wrong. You want to be forgiven don't you?

I think that it is a basic human desire to be forgiven, but to hesitate when it comes to forgiving others.

I think we need to love each other like a parent loves their child. If you screw up, your parents still love you. They may kick you out of the house, but they still love you. Its an unconditional love. Thats what we should practice.

What Jesus is saying here, is that you should never cease to forgive.

The ole saying "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." Well there should be no shame. Because I honestly believe if someone hurts you or wrongs you, you should genuinely forgive them.

if they do it again, forgive them again. And so on.

Now I am not saying, just lye down and take a beating. I am saying forgive. If you need to distance yourself in order to keep yourself safe or something like that, go for it. But don't ever hold a grudge against someone.

Because honestly when you think about it. Who are you? Who am I? Who are we to judge someone else?

Forgiveness. Live it. Love it. You'll be surprised at how much lighter your heart will feel.

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love always, and open for questions or debates as always.

eric. :-)