Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Interesting to me that the dsciples recognized that forgiveness is a demonstration of faith. It is not up to me to decide if the repentance is genuine this time and that the previous six professions were not. I am called to leave my brother in the LORD's hands and trust in Him to deal with the perceived problem as He sees fit. Just that little, tiny, insignificant mustard seed of faith and trust.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 3
Mid-day: 119:105-112
Evening: Psalm 78
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