You cannot carry a cross and carry a grudge at the same time.

Peter thought he was being generous offering to forgive seven times. Jesus shattered his scorekeeping and elevated it to seventy times seven. Translation? Stop counting. Stop keeping ledgers. You were forgiven an impossible debt - ten thousand talents, roughly 150,000 years of wages. Can you really not forgive the comparatively small debts others owe you?

Here's the truth: unforgiveness doesn't punish them, it imprisons you. That person living rent-free in your head? They're going about their life while you're the one in chains. Forgiveness isn't saying "it's okay" when it's not. It's saying "I release you from the debt because I've been forgiven of so much more."

Who are you carrying that you need to release? The same grace that forgave you at the cross empowers you to forgive others. When you release them, you'll discover the one who walks out of prison is you.