I want you to consider the possibility that there may be something lodged in your heart, something God knows isn’t good for you to hold in your heart, something God never wants His people to have in their hearts.

This thing is hurtful to Jesus’ reputation, hurtful to you, and so onerous to the Father that He will go to any and every extreme of tough love to dislodge it from your heart.

That something is unforgiveness.