His Pain, Our Forgiveness

Let's be honest... we've all been offended by someone at some point in our life.  Whether it's a friend, family member or a complete stranger, the inward pain of failed expectations can eat away at us like cancer.  Too often than not we put our faith in people that have a 100% percent chance of failing us.  If we're still being honest, the hardest part of people failing us is the part where we have to forgive them.  In Matthew 18:21, Peter asks Jesus how often one should forgive someone... Peter says, 7 times?  I have to give Peter credit for not only doubling the Jewish average but adding one on top of that to make it seven.  Jesus quickly answers Peter by saying, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven." In other words, Jesus was saying to Peter, forgive multiplied by infinity.  There is no set limit to the amount of times we should forgive...  To put this more into perspective, count the number of times you have failed the Lord... I would bet that it would add up more than 539 times. (ie. 77x7)  I know for a fact that my sins would equal higher than that number.  We have to realize that people will fail us... that being said, we serve a God who will never fail us.  There is not a time in history that God fell off the throne... He is the eternal King of kings and Lord of lords...  When He stretched out His arms on the Cross, He took upon Himself the past, present and future sins (ie. failures) of the world.  He has forgiven us for eternity... There is nothing that we can do to add up to the grace our Lord and Savior has given us.  His Pain, Our Forgiveness.