We have had a really great week this week. I feel like I have been able to spend so much time with the kids. We have played games, sang to the tops of our lungs, and had lots of laughs. I enjoy every moment that I get to share with them. They are so much fun. I have learned this week that in order to truly forgive someone I have to clear their record. I know it is easy to say we have forgiven, but if we continue to bring up past hurt or talk about the one who hurt us in a negative way, then we have not truely forgiven them. We studied the parable of the ungrateful servant who owed the king millions of dollars and would never to be able to repay him. Of course, we are the servant and Jesus is the king whom we can never repay. Instead of him demanding us to repay him for our debts he cancels them. I love that so much. I spend so much time trying to earn love and acceptance. I just want to be good enough...but I just can't. I am who I am because of who Jesus is and becuase of what he has done. I want to live a life of forgiveness and mercy to others because of Jesus' forgiveness and mercy to me. I love being his child, and I know he loves being my God.