Update on forgiveness post

Mike from Eternal Perspectives offers a valid reminder regarding today's post on forgiveness. Christians, he notes, don't have the market cornered in that department:

Personally, I have often experienced forgiveness from non-Christians who had every right to be upset with me. But sometimes they have a greater awareness of their own flaws than do Christians, and are thus more apt to forgive a transgression.

We need to guard against an attitude that says we're better than and capable of more than non-Christians. It is not the sort of humility I believe God desires in us.

Good point. Christians, I think, should have a deeper-than-ordinary appreciation for forgiveness that arises from knowing God has forgiven us. But let's remember: that knowledge arises because we need forgiveness as much as anyone else.