Family Focus
 
THID ENDLESS FORGIVENESS           Alvin Rogness
 
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV)

God does not stop forgiving. We may stop asking God for forgiveness, or we may refuse to accept His forgiveness, but God never stops forgiving. Until the end of our lives, God’s door is open for us to come. Sometimes a mother’s love is like that. No matter how many times her son has sinned, she always takes him back and never stops forgiving.
 
Many of us don’t have too hard a time forgiving someone the first time they let us down or harm us. But, how about a second, third, or even twentieth time? Are we able to keep on forgiving? The Bible says we must try.
 
Because we are to forgive as God forgives, and His forgiveness is endless. Suppose God should grow tired and stop forgiving us. He could well grow tired. How often do we not offend him? How often do we not go against His will and displease Him? Every day we must come back to God to be forgiven all over again. How wonderful if we, like God, can keep on loving someone, no matter how often he has hurt us or sinned against us?