Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.
Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.
Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.
Jesus is the ultimate Job, the only truly innocent sufferer.
You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.