“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” — Matthew 18:33

Forgive Us Our Debts

You’ve been forgiven a debt you could never pay. Now the IOUs are coming in.

In Matthew 18 a servant is forgiven a debt worth billions. He walks out, finds a guy who owes him lunch money, and starts choking him. 😳 Jesus told that story so we’d see ourselves in it. Your debt is already stamped PAID. Now people who owe you start showing up with IOUs: the friend who ghosted, the parent who missed everything, the one who still isn’t safe. What will you do with each one? (Spoiler: forgiving doesn’t mean pretending it didn’t happen, and it doesn’t mean handing out your house key.)

How it works: Six IOUs. For each one: ✂️ cancel the debt, 🧱 forgive and keep a boundary, 🙏 “not yet, but I’m bringing it to Jesus,” or 📮 collect. Every IOU you hold adds a chain. At the end, see your ledger.