Why is it so hard for us to accept the unconditional love of our Father?

When you forgive someone for sinning against you it frees your mind from dwelling on the matter, but when we ask god to forgive us we tend to dwell on it and think we must do something more and harp on ourselves. if you forgive others in a manner such as this but not believe god is capable of forgiving you the same way what does that say about your trust in god. is he not the one who taught you to forgive completely? Look at it that way and perhaps you will come to appreciate that your thoughts of guilt over a matter that god has put off as far as the sunrise from the sunset, and not stopping thinking about your own past sins is tormenting yourself and not trusting in god's ability to forget. Does god enjoy your thoughts today? he hears you in there, dwell on god's forgiveness again and remember you are free from holding a grudge against others now stop holding a grudge against yourself to no end. I hope this helps. It is not easy to be kind to yourself in this manner but keep practicing not dwelling on the past sins that you have committed in order to have pleasant thoughts before god and not deny his loving kindness for your own self. may you have peaceful and pleasant thoughts about this love we have learned through god and his son everyday, every moment every hour my friends.