Grace and peace to you my sisters and brothers in Christ,   So how many times are we called to forgive someone? The ancient law code said 3. That sounds fair, even more than fair, right? But then Peter, clearly wanting to impress Jesus and or his fellow disciples, asked, how about 7? You'd think they would be impressed. But then Jesus blew his disciples away. Some translations say that he responded "77 times" others say that He responded "70 times 7" or 490 times. Yikes. I hope that you know, Jesus isn't suggesting that we keep a notebook with us and keep a tally so that we can get to 70 or 490 and be done forgiving. I also hope that you know that this is not a recipe for allowing injustice to run rampant and for us to continually be taken advantage of. Instead, it is the opposite. We followers of Christ are called to break the cycle of injustice and hurt. It takes strength, courage, faith and every grace that God gives us to do it but we have the power to fight and our chief weapon is forgiveness. So let's talk about forgiveness (and Jesus' wild parable about it) in worship this weekend. I look forward to seeing you! Blessings,    

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