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Forgiveness is all about perspective. Sounds good, right. It popped into my head, and now I’m going to explain to you, and myself, why it makes sense.
Well, I know that right and wrong is all about perspective. When you’re committing the act, it’s not so bad. You may not even feel bad after the fact until someone explains it to you from outside eyes.
Forgiveness is the other way around. When someone does you wrong, you can’t really know exactly what was going on, but you have to understand that there were some circumstances that may have caused the wrongdoing. It’s not always easy, and sometimes, the act makes absolutely no sense at all. I guess that’s where other people come in. You talk to them, and some people may say, “Yeah, you’re right to be mad, that person totally did you wrong!” Does that help though? I would say it only fuels the fire. It’s the person who says, “Well, think about it this way… and… then… … now tell me you would do differently if given the circumstances.” They give you a perspective into the eyes of the other person that you may not have seen before. The person who doesn’t want to forgive won’t be happy with your answer, but the person who does will be willing to let the person off the hook and to forgive.
Christ commands us to forgive 70×7 times, which, even if you take it literally, someone is probably not going to sin against you that many times, so I would say there’s no limit. Forgive as Christ forgives.