Marriage Works!!! Forgiveness

Marriage Works!

Marriage Works!! Stories about couples who have experienced trials and worked through it. "How I forgave my husband" "My marriage was going along fine.. We had just moved to a home and I was pregnant. My husband and I were very close and had been committed Christians for a long time. We had been best friends for 2 years before we started dating and fell in love. A year after we were married I became pregnant and we were very excited because we wanted children very much. After we had our baby girl, my husband revealed to me that he had been unfaithful during my pregnancy. It was quite a blow and even more difficult was the fact that the woman was a friend of ours. He assured me that he loved only me and that he wanted my forgiveness and wanted to work on our marriage. I decided to forgive him because I loved him very much and wanted our marriage and family to be together for a lifetime. Forgiveness was hard but it began with a decision. Once we had talked about it and I expressed my anger, sadness and grief over it, I decided to never bring it up again. 1 Cor. 13:5 says, "love does not keep a record of wrongs". I felt grieved by the affair, but, I also, felt God's grace in my heart. Who was I, a sinner saved by grace, to condemn my husband... another sinner saved by grace. We have been married many years now. Our love is even stronger and deeper because of the forgiveness we have both experienced from each other. I hope this testimony will inspire you in to stay faithful to your spouse and to keep forgiving. Ruth Bell Graham wrote, "A good marriage is the union of two forgivers"." Printed with permission from a Chicago-area couple. Read more about forgiveness: Forgiveness is a Choice; the Power of Forgiveness; What Makes Forgiveness So Hard?
Marriage/relationship: Waiting for a Miracle Codependency Conflict with husband Couples need space? Ex-wife Feeling shut-ou t Hesitating at the altar? Interracial Marriage Jealousy Mental /verbal abuse My husband stares at women	My wife is overweight No desire for wife Online Chatting Physical Abuse Pulling away Restoration "Shouldn't he sever that relationship?" Second Chance Sexual Temptation Stressed-out together Trusting again

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