"Unforgiven"

"The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth." (Psalms 37:21) If you want to think of this as a verse that deals with money or goods, that's fine, because it works in the general direction of what worth is or is not; however, if you take this into a spiritual application, I believe it has more to do with forgiveness than it does about money; although, money can have the same affect on us as forgiveness in a lot of situations. A few days back I shared on verse seventeen, and the title of my blog was "Uncontrollable", which was based upon the arms of the wicked having no power to do anything, and yet the righteous are in the arms of the Lord; this basic general concept is true with forgiveness and our ability to forgive as we have been forgiven. Stick with me, because I do believe that this will make sense once I get it put into a few words. The first portion of this verse describes a heart that has received forgiveness for a dealt that they had no intention of paying in the first place; which pretty much describes those that have rejected God's offer of forgiveness, or have taken His offer with an ungrateful heart; in other words, they really don't appreciate what has been offered or given to them. This is closely related to what Jesus described in the parable of the wicked servant who was forgiven much, but then turned around and had a fellow servant arrested for little, which is found in Matthew 18:22-35, as Jesus shares about how important that it is to forgive as we have been forgiven. The way that I see it, that wicked servant either did not intend to pay what he owed in the first place, or he intended to be back in the same condition again; either way, the debt that he was forgiven really did not mean all that much in his heart. On the other hand, the righteous are those that truly understand and appreciate the dealt that they have been forgiven, and they count it as their very life; therefore, because they abide in that forgiveness, as such, they more freely can forgive others because they have a heart towards forgiveness... "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye aught against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." (Luke 11:24-26)