6月20日 婚姻里的饶恕 Forgiveness in Marriage

6月20日

婚姻里的饶恕

Forgiveness in Marriage

我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。

——约一1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
—1 John 1:9

婚姻里如果某一方因曾经犯罪留下污秽不堪的记忆真的很令人遗憾。如果年轻人可以意识到幸福的婚姻不仅取决于目前的状况，也与过去的经历有关，那么他们就不会那么早与他人发生亲密关系。很多婚姻因过去所犯的罪变得岌岌可危，不仅仅是坦白罪带来破坏，而且是这些罪被“发现”后带来婚姻的破坏。

至于是否需要向伴侣坦白之前的罪，我认为坦白不总是明智的选择。我知道一些家庭因为坦白之前的罪被摧毁。最重要的是要向神坦白，忠实你对婚姻的誓言，通过现在圣洁的生活让神除去你之前的罪。

It is unfortunate in a marriage if there is an array of sordid memories of past sins on the part of either partner. If young people could only realize that a happy marriage depends not only on the present, but upon the past, they would be more reluctant to enter into loose, intimate relations with anyone and everyone. Many a marriage has been imperiled by the backlash of past sins, which were not just confessed, but “found out.”

As to the necessity of confessing past sins to one’s mate, I don’t think it is always advisable or necessary. I have known of homes that were wrecked by such confessions. The main thing is to confess any past wrongs to God, resolve to be true to your marriage vows; and absolve the black past by a spotless present.

今日祷告

主啊，谢谢你饶恕我过去犯下的罪，帮助我在婚姻里学会饶恕!

Prayer for the day

Thank You for forgiving and forgetting the past. Help me to do the same, Lord.