Marriage Under Pressure

Ch. 2 - To Err Is To Human, To Forgive Divine (part 1)

Marriage Under Pressure

To Err Is To Human, To Forgive Divine (part 1)

"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
-- Ephesians 4:32

Forgive me my love, for all the mistakes that I did before, that you said that caused your heart to gradually shifts. Forgive me too for not controlling myself lately, when I always witnesses your adulterous ways, that I suddenly got jealous, angry, and did things that you hate.Forgive me as I forgave you. For God said "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." (James 5:16)Now and then, I ask the Lord to help me heal this family, for the sake of our future, especiallyof our child. I never cease to sincerely ask the Lord to cleanse our sins, particularly your adulterous desires. So I ask you to repent with me, and allow the Lord to fix our broken relationship with Him and with each other. ("Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."--Acts 3:19) Would you permit God to change our hearts and be reconciled? Or would you rather not change your corrupted heart then obey its wicked desires ("The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?"--Jeremiah 17:9), and continue the pleasure of the flesh? ("For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.  And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."--1 John 2:16-17)

Once you told me that you tried to fix the problem. But you failed. Do you know why? Because you fixed the problem by yourself. I am not even aware that such problem exists and you were trying to fix it at that time. I know that I am part of the problem. You should have told me first.It was like you are repairing the holes on a wall but there I am heedlessly putting more holes afterwards, which causing the problem to get worst, making it seemed impossible to fix. If only you have told me before, then things would never be this difficult. Because we are going to repair it together. That is what married couple should be doing, helping each other, fixing things and facing challenges together. ("Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken."--Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). But before that I am aware of the said problem, and eagerly wanted to fix it, you were already away; putting more holes at a wall at the other side of the road. Making another mistake won't fix the problem as they say, but you still did. Instead of lifting one another's burdens, you added more weight. Hindi mo ba alam na kapag nagtutulungan tayo sa mga paghihirap natin ay tumutupad narin tayo sa kautusan ng Diyos? (Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.--Galatians 6:2)

But you apologized for making such mistake (falling into a devil's trap, you committed adultery). Since I love you, and our child, and this family, so I did forgive you. So that this relationship of ours will start healing. I even did forgive that adulterous guy who tempted you and caused addition conflicts. For the Lord said "And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." (Mark 11:25, Matthew 6:14-15) Unfortunately, you remain in your wrongdoing. Jesus Christ and I tried to reach your hands from the pit that you have fell into, yet you choose not to be saved, why? You asked for God's forgiveness but you still clinging into your sin, even though you are already aware of God's warnings about adultery ("It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable."--1 Thess. 4:3-4) and its awful consequences. ("The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness."-- Romans 1:18)

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