W<\/b>hy is it so difficult to forgive our spouses? Here are some of the excuses I have heard:<\/p>\n
He should have known better than to do that and should never have done that.<\/p>\n
He really won\u2019t accept my forgiveness.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to forgive right away. I want for him to feel guilty for a while and pay for what he\u2019s done.<\/p>\n
I have the right to feel angry and hurt for a while.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t have to forgive until he repents.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve already had to forgive him for this too many times before.<\/p>\n
Forgiving him now lets him off the hook too soon. It\u2019s just cheap grace.<\/p>\n
No matter how justified the excuse may seem, the truth is that all these excuses are prideful disobedience.<\/p>\n
Not forgiving another person carries serious consequences. Christ commands us to forgive. Holding on to unforgiveness seriously damages your relationship with God as well as with your spouse (Matt. 6:14\u201315).<\/p>\n
Try this: As soon as you feel hurt, offended or angry, forgive your spouse immediately. Share your feelings and speak the truth in love.<\/p>\n
Jesus said to him, \u201cI do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.<\/i><\/p>\n
Matt. 18:22\u201323<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why is it so difficult to forgive our spouses? Here are some of the excuses I have heard: He should have known better than to do that and should never have done that. He really won\u2019t accept my forgiveness. I don\u2019t want to forgive right away. I want for him to feel guilty for a … Continue reading “59 FORGIVE; IT\u2019S MARRIAGE\u2019S BALM FOR HEALING HURTS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}