Today’s Thought “Excel Beyond the Preacher” G. Ward Matthew 18 21 Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me and I still forgive him? Up to seven times?” The kindergarten teacher instructs so as to not keep us joyfully singing the alphabet in our latter years, but more to embrace a greater foundation for dissecting soliloquies collegiately. Jewish rabbis offered extra writings, speculative about the mind of God, even equated with where sole Truth exists (i.e. God’s Word) that offered a number for Israel to consider regarding how many times one should forgive their enemy. Peter questioned Jesus on that presumption with a far-reaching amount. Thereafter, Jesus would offer what we know to be an innumerable measure of forgiveness paving the way to His perfect example. Have we as modern day professors sought adding to what forgiveness entails outside of what the Lord demanded just as the extra-rabbinical writings professed, or will it more embrace forgiving as we’ve been?