Proverbs 17:9 (NLT)
9 Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on
it separates close friends.
The best way to keep peace among all is to not tell
others what a person has said when they did not through their words. If their
actions cause no harm to others and no issues of safety are present then consider an act of amnesty by
keeping quiet that which has been said. Allow the fault to be forgiven. For to
dwell on the words only increases our own frustrations and anger and before we
know it we are repeating things that should have remained unsaid.
It is impossible to keep peace between man and woman in
family life if they do not condone and overlook each other's faults but watch
everything to the smallest point. For who does not at times offend? [Martin
Luther. "Martin Luther--The Later Years and Legacy," Christian
History, Issue 39.]
Each day I walk through life my sinful nature eventually wants to reach up and take control. My weak and faulty self makes me relate to the words of the Apostle Paul: “For the good that I would I do not: but
the evil which I would not, that I do” (Rom. 7:19). In marriage we make a vow before God to love honor and cherish and that includes forgiving the faults of our spouse. For
that reason, we do not want to allow our flesh to get the upper hand to
diminish the gift God has given, but in order to keep it, we must practice humbleness,
patience, kindness, forbearance, and forgiveness (Col. 3:13, Eph 4:2). We must allow love to prosper so that we remain close.
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