Forgiveness is not excusing, nor is it pretending. This is Max Lakato.

To forgive is to move on. Not to think about the offense anymore. You don't excuse him,

endorsing, or embrace them. You just rout thoughts about them through heaven. Revenge is God's job.

By the way, how can we grace recipients do anything less?

Dare we ask God for grace when we refuse to give it? It's a huge issue in the Bible.

Jesus was tough on sinners who refused to forgive other sinners. In the final sum, we give grace

because we've been given grace. In the story Jesus tells in Matthew 18,

the master calls the servant in.

You wicked servant, he says, I canceled all that dead of yours because you begged me to.

Shouldn't you have mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?

That's a good question.

We've been giving grace.

Shouldn't we freely give it?

This is Max Locato.