Forgiveness in Marriage

By |2015-02-04T14:20:59-05:00September 21st, 2011|Marriage Communication, Marriage Help, Marriage Help Featured, Save My Marriage|0 Comments

Forgivness is an act of love in marriage.  From an unintentional slight to overt betrayal, the ability to forgive your spouse is an act of will.  If your marriage is in trouble, chances are the skill of forgiveness may be missing.  Forgiveness in marriage is not always easy, but it is necessary.  Here is a short excerpt we think defines true forgiveness. Forgiveness does not confer impunity.  Even if the perpetrator has already been punished by the law or in some other just fashion, the victim must forgive.  The law deals with “the outside.”  While it punishes the offender, it does not free the victim.  Wise teachers commonly define forgiveness as “abandoning the resentment one is entitled to,” and therefore abandoning [...]