What, if anything, has to happen before you forgive someone who has greatly wronged you? Would that person first have to apologize and repent? What about making restitution? Suppose you never even see them again... should you forgive anyway? As a Christian, must you forgive, and if so, how soon? Is this for his sake or for yours? What if you TRY to forgive, but find you simply canNOT find it in your heart to do it? And what about THESE questions - Isn’t forgiveness too good for people like this? Isn’t there something almost unjust about it, something about forgiving that person that trivializes the offense and encourages them to repeat it? Can such people just go around hurting other people, changing their lives forever, and then nonchalantly accept forgiveness for all the damage they leave behind?