I’m a Christian, and while going through a divorce and raising my two young children, I sought the help of a Christian counselor. I needed answers—my son was struggling, and I didn’t want to turn around and marry the same type of man I married the first time.
Forgiving my husband was a starting point—my counselor explained that “forgiveness is an act of my will whereby I cancel the debt another person owes me and if thereafter I remember that debt in anger it is my sin of fraud to confess.” So, I forgave. And each time it came up again I reminded myself, “I forgave him, he doesn’t owe me anything. God, please forgive me for my sin of fraud.”
