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Forsaking Sin and Healing the
Past.
This week, we have emphasized admitting your
failures and seeking forgiveness from your spouse, but what about the sins
of your spouse? There can be no genuine reconciliation unless he or she is
willing to confess and turn from past failures. However, that is something
one spouse cannot do for another.
Your mate must choose to forsake his or her sin and
return to you. If he chooses confession and repentance, you must stand
ready to forgive and receive. Your spouse cannot undo the past any m6re
than you can. He can turn around and walk away from that sin and seek
reconciliation. True reconciliation begins with such confession, but trust
must be rebuilt over time. Don't rush back into the same house. Seek
counseling and learn to change the patterns of the past.
If your spouse is not willing to turn from his/her
sin, then you must be willing to wait, pray, and love them. But
reconciliation must await their willingness to turn from sin. In the
meantime, you can grow in your relationship with God and be ready, if and
when your spouse returns.
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