It’s Not Okay

My dad, who is also a pastor, loves to tell the story of a couple who came to him years ago for marriage counseling.

The husband had cheated on the wife. My dad explained to the wife that, according to the Bible, she was under no obligation to stay married to her husband. The marriage bond had been broken. Whether she stayed with her husband or not, however, God did want her to forgive him.

In tears of exasperation, the wife exclaimed, “I can’t. I can’t forgive him. I can’t say that what he did was okay.”