day no. 14,870: indebted

Matthew 18:24
When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 

Some would probably wonder, "Why would a King allow someone to accrue so much debt? At some point, isn't the King to blame for allowing this kind of loose living to go on for so long as to allow the accumulation of this great a debt? Isn't the King a bit of a participant in this decadence? Isn't the King an enabling influence in this scenario?" In other words, the King could have stopped this kind of debt from accumulating by sending the servant to prison sooner. But if you are the servant, is that really your complaint? You let me live freely too long? You should have killed me or imprisoned me sooner?

We are the kind of people who accrue debts. Even the servant finds someone who owes him. We are a tribe of debtors, indebted to God and indebted to each other, owing God honor and glory that we cannot pay and owing each other love and respect that we're unable to muster. And the debt grows. And it assembles in mass until it is insurmountable, a debt so large that it could never be repaid.

Matthew 18:27
And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

And even in this sad state of affairs, as before, mercy is available. The same mercy that allowed you to live long enough to accrue the debt is the same mercy that can clear it out forever and wipe the slate completely clean. 

Matthew 18:32-35
‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

But those who have been forgiven, must themselves forgive. Those who beg for mercy, must be about mercy in general, and not just when it conveniently applies to them. Evidence of mercy being adopted as an orientation will be observed in gratitude to God and graciousness to one's neighbor.