Marriage is an amazing gift from God . . . and an amazing challenge! Elisabeth Elliot shares some helpful comments about how critical forgiveness is in the marriage relationship:
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who apologize” is the way many of us pray the prayer the Lord taught the disciples. Jesus told us to forgive those who trespass.
No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long-term, intimate, all-inclusive, no-holds-barred, day-to-day, and year-after-year commitment between two sinners. How will they get along without forgiveness?
How’s that for a tremendous definition of marriage?? If we’re married, let’s resolve anew to walk in the forgiveness of Christ, recognizing how desperately we contribute to the “mess” ourselves!
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