Most of us can deal with getting the short end of the stick once or twice, but by the third time we usually wise up. When someone let's us down again and again, we tend to invest our emotions elsewhere, somewhere that pays a better dividend. That's the economics of the kingdom of this world. Those are Peter's economics. Jesus is interested in the economics of the Kingdom of Heaven.
True forgiveness is like a big brown trout in the Alpena boat harbor.
When forgiveness ripples the surface of our worldly lives, we are reminded that there is a whole New Kingdom out there. Unconditional forgiveness takes our minds off of the tiny perch along the shore, and pulls us out into the deeper waters in search of salmon. True forgiveness, Kingdom forgiveness, is not a shallow, contained harbor, but as vast and limitless ocean. Let's talk about what it is not. If put off forgiveness until we feel like forgiving, it probably will never happen.