Before I got married, I was good friends with two young men
whose wives had divorced them. For hours
upon hours, they told me their sad stories of huge tangled webs of
misunderstandings. They both really wanted to be good husbands, but finally
their wives had had enough of them. I
knew one of their wives. When I heard her side of the story, it was hard for me
not to disagree that she had just cause for filing for divorce.
So before I got married, I needed to make sure my future wife
was a good forgiver. I gave her too many occasions that gave me opportunity to
check this out. Almost 35 year later, my wife and I have a very nice
relationship. Considering all that has happened over the years, it could be a
relationship that has a whole lot of baggage attached to it. But we are both
quick to forgive, and almost as quick to receive forgiveness (as receiving
forgiveness requires one to acknowledge that he is in the wrong).
I’m so glad that the first words the Lord Jesus spoke while
on the cross were, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” In the very middle of a horrible offense
against Him, His first thought was our imperative need for forgiveness.
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