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Matthew 18: 21 - 22

²¹ Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

²² Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

I don’t know about you, but do you ever have misunderstandings in the church you attend, or with the people you’re closest to?

I wonder if people are just less forgiving than they used to be?

Followers of Jesus should be overfull with the grace that has been extended to them.

Shouldn’t grace be engrained in our very hearts?

Isn’t forgiveness the release of the wrath we sometimes feel towards another?

And yet scripture says these things to us, but do we truly follow these spiritual precepts?

Pray for those who persecute us…Abound with one another in love…Never avenge yourself…

Do good to those who hurt you…Watch your own life…etc., etc.

It may be kind of a tall order, but should we just forget about what’s been scripturally required of us?

A friend sent this to me yesterday, and it sure seems to fit this subject…

The Window from Which We Look
A  young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry sure isn’t very clean," she said.
"She sure doesn't know how to wash her clothes correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry detergent?" Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make those same, nasty comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband…
"Look, she’s learned how to wash her clothes correctly. I wonder who taught her this?"

The husband said… "Actually, I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows