双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月20日 婚姻里的饶恕

6月20日

婚姻里的饶恕

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

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。

今日祷告

主啊，谢谢祢饶恕我过去犯下的罪，帮助我在婚姻里学会饶恕！祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 20

Forgiveness in Marriage

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

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.

Prayer for the day：
Thank You for forgiving and forgetting the past. Help me to do the same, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.