Forgive that? You must be kidding.

     I love how forgiveness gets handled:  we believers know we're to forgive, we know it is basic, and we know what the Lord's Prayer says.  Yes, forgive.  Sure.  And we all say we're ready to do it and certainly ready to tell others when they need to do it.
    And then something terrible--really terrible--happens to us in particular. "I mean, really--this is certainly not what Jesus meant.  I mean, I'll bet even He would have had a hard time forgiving this."
    Forgiveness doesn't mean much until it is about something that hurts.