“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?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven."
If we take that literally, that means forgiving someone 490 times?
There are times when the people we love and trust, hurt us so bad that we often hold a lifelong grudge against them. Tendency is we no longer speak to them, spread ill words about them, and basically turn the world against them. (Yes, that’s just how bad some people hurt us)
So what separates the things that can be forgiven and those that can’t? Is there really a criteria for forgiveness? “On a scale of 1 to 10, you caused me pain on a level of 5, so I guess I can forgive you now?” Or does Time be the measurement if you are ready to accept what he/she has done to you, and only then can you forgive that person?
While browsing the internet media, I came across studies claiming that the 70x7 expression, is a symbol for infinity; thus we are called to forgive an infinite number of times because that is how many times we are forgiven by the Almighty One. So now that we have forgiven, should you forget everything that happened in the past? In my opinion, these are just like deep wounds or cuts, they take time to heal and they actually leave scars. Especially the wounds made to the heart, wherein the scars may never go away.
To Forgive is not actually a heavenly law that has a penalty if not followed, but a mere ideology of love and gratitude. We should learn how to forgive and show others that we are strong enough to accept those who did us wrong, but never having to forget the pain that it brought us.
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