How Many Times? Seventy Times Seven!
I’m on week three of doing the 70x7 exercise -- and MAN! Does my hand hurt! For those unfamiliar with this little process -- it is taken from the Christian Bible. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” ~Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV) I never gave this passage much thought until I was doing research. My search lead me to Cat Saunders’ blog page “Four Principles of Effective Apology” -- where I found her article entitled “My Favorite Forgiveness Process.” In her article, Cat describes how she combined ideas from two of her mentors in regard to forgiveness, Sondra Ray and Morrnah Simeona. One is the Ho’Oponopono phrases: I’m Sorry, Please Forgive me, I love you and I thank you. The other is literally writing out 70 times each day for 7 days the f...