Daniel 3:25, 34-43 / Matthew 18:21-35
Most of us have this experience of lending money to people.
And most of the time, we end up so frustrated and feel like banging our heads against the wall.
Because we lent the money so easily, but it came back to us with so much difficulty and so slowly, if ever at all.
And of course, the higher the amount of money lent, the greater the frustration and the heart-ache.
So when it comes to talking about forgiveness, Jesus did not talk in abstract terms.
He used this experience of loans and payment.
Immediately we will know what it means to forgive. It is almost synonymous to writing off a debt.
But to be able to write off a debt, it means that we have come to the realization and enlightenment that there is something beyond money.
Only then can we let go and move on.
Similarly, to forgive someone who had done us great harm and hurt us grievously, it means that we have come to the realization and enlightenment that there is something beyond the anger, the pain and the hate.
Let us pray for this realization and enlightenment.
Because it is a special grace from God. It is His healing love that is being poured into our hearts.