I was thinking about forgiveness again last night. EVERYONE in our church - except the missionary family - has one or more alcohol problems in the family. Which means that there are probably a lot of forgiveness issues. I can't relate to the alcohol but I can relate to the forgiveness thing.
Last night I was looking for another passage... but stopped to ponder Matthew 17:15 -18. What if you go to your brother and he doesn't hear you and when you try the next step the response you get is "Can't you just live with it?"
I had just read about forgiving your brother 70 times 7 - but the brother asks forgiveness. The brother asks forgiveness 490 times? What planet is this on?! I think that - when it comes to the big things you REALLY want apologies for, whether your antagonist is a Japanese or a foreigner - you will be lucky if the brother asks once!
So what then? How do you "just live with it"?
I have some ideas, but more another day... This day needs to begin.
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