70 times 7!!!!

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven."

    Not all of us are perfect and not all of us forgive. I'm going to be honest, I don't forgive people easily. I hold grudges. But every time I read this scripture I ask myself, "Why do I hold so many grudges? Why can't I follow Jesus's example and listen to what he says?"
   After growing up in Texas I got picked on alot cause of my weight and my color. I took it for years until I retaliated and got into fights with the people that teased me. Back then I did not know about the gospel as I do now. I thought if I faught them they would stop teasing me. Well I was right but thats not what Jesus would of done. When I moved up here and read the bible the first time in my life and read this scripture and looked back in my life and said "Dang, I was horrible." But now I try my best to forgive people everyday but it's really hard to. Here's a Song that talks about this scripture. Enjoy.

I’ve been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born
These walls have seen me happy
But most of all they’ve seen me torn
They’ve heard the screaming matches
That made a family fall apart
They’ve had a front row seat
To the breaking of my heart

7 times 70 times
I’ll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way
7 times 70 times
There’s healing in the air tonight
I’m reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I remember running down the hallway
Playing hide-and-seek
I didn’t know that I was searching
For someone to notice me
I felt alone and undiscovered
And old enough to understand
Just when I’m s’posed to be learning to love you
Let me doubt again

7 times 70 times
I’ll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way
7 times 70 times
There’s healing in the air tonight
I’m reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around

I lost count of the ways you let me down
But no matter how many times you weren’t around
I’m all right now

God picked up my heart and helped me through
And shined a light on the one thing left to do
And that’s forgive you
I forgive you

7 times 70 times
If that’s the cost I’ll pay the price
7 times 70 times
I’ll do what it takes to make it right
I thought the pain was here to stay
But forgiveness made a way

7 times 70 times
There’s healing in this house tonight
I’m reaching up to pull it down
Gonna wrap it all around
Yeah
I’m gonna wrap it all around

I’ve been living in this house here
Since the day that I was born