As we repeat the Great Prayer intelligently, we are suddenly caught up and grasped as though in a vise, so that we must face this problem of separation from God. We must extend forgiveness to everyone.
Notice that Jesus does not say, “Forgive me my trespasses and I will try to forgive others.” He obliges us to declare that we have actually forgiven, and he makes our claim to our forgiveness to depend upon that. Who could be so insane as to endeavor to seek the Kingdom of God without desiring to be relieved of his own sense of guilt? We are trapped in the inescapable position that we cannot demand our own release before we have released our brother.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts (Psalm 139:23) .
“As ye judge, so shall ye be judged”. However you say it, the truth remains the same. We can not be forgiven except that we forgive. We are locked and chained to our judgement and condemnation of others. It separates us from each other and from God. There can be no unity in division and no communion in separation. “Love ye one another as I have loved you.” Forgive others, love others and open the floodgates of God’s love and forgiveness.
In forgiveness,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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