Which is easier for you: accepting forgiveness or offering forgiveness?
- I like my grudges and I want to keep them
- I’ve had lots of practice accepting forgiveness
- What if I’m not sorry?
Forgive us our trespasses – that’s about our relationship with God, the vertical axis. As we forgive those who trespass against us – that’s about our relationship with others, the horizontal.
The horizontal and vertical relationships intersect at the cross. 
That’s where we find forgiveness.
I’m pretty good at forgiving…but I do make sure that the offense won’t be repeated. Those measures can sometimes be rather harsh, but are performed out of necessity, not enjoyed malice.
At being forgiven…it’s a diptych…the panel that shows my being forgiven by another must be matched in grace and colour with one that shows my forgiving myself.
Not always easy.
I like the diptych imagery, Andrew. It’s like my reflection in a clear pond (or maybe a muddy puddle).