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When we think we are being realistic, we think we are helping. We have no idea that we are actually offering the situation very little.
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The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.
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This week, we wrestle with the nature of forgiveness and mercy. We do so knowing we might not want to offer it. But we can so choose to.
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Rather than think of mercy as something we’re supposed to do when something happens, we cast it as a way of being in the world.
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While this week’s gospel may feel straightforward, how we get to it is essential. And like Peter, we may stumble into the right answer.
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The challenge of stumbling into Matthew 18 without its context is that we get the point Jesus is trying to make completely backward.
Make a New Normal
