Overlooking offenses is appropriate under two conditions. First, the offense should not have created a wall between you and the other person or caused you to feel differently toward him or her for more than a short period of time. Second, the offense should not be causing serious harm to God’s reputation, to others, or to the offender. (We will discuss these criteria more fully in chapter 7.) Overlooking is not a passive process in which you simply remain silent for the moment but file away the offense