Forgiveness is like putting on a bandage. You may cover a wound with it, prevent it from being infected and all but it still needs to be changed or the blood will continue to seep through, and you’ll be reminded once again of the pain. The continuous change of bandage is equivalent to the much effort needed to “treat the wounds” as in, make up for your mistakes. How about if we ask for it continuously? Continuous begging for forgiveness, i.e. putting on several bandages, won’t also ever hide the fact that there is a wound there that needs to be treated. Point is, forgiveness will “treat” the wounds awhile, you’ll also forget about it every now and then. Regardless the amount of effort though, it’ll still be there. You’ll be alright but you’ll remember it, no matter what.