Mosiah 26:30-31

"Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me.
And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor’s trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation."
Mosiah 26:30-31


This is good... and something that I need to think about.  The second verse here basically tells us that forgiving other people is *part* of our own repentance.  That seems appropriate to me, since in the first verse we learn that God forgives us whenever we repent... so, to become more like him, we need to forgive more often. :)   Additionally, *maybe* those people don't "deserve" forgiveness... maybe they haven't asked for it, haven't changed their lives, or whatever... but that isn't part of the verse.  We need to forgive them anyway... if only for the simple reason that *we* don't deserve to be forgiven by others either.   We've all done stupid things; we've all offended people... let's be as nice to others as we are to ourselves, and forgive others as we are begging forgiveness for ourselves.