Forgiving our spouse for not being perfect

If you’ve already blown your New Year’s resolutions, I have a suggestion. Resolve to do only one thing this new year: Forgive your spouse for not being perfect.  Several years ago, while our Sunday school class discussed issues relating to married life, Bert said, “Our marriage isn’t perfect—”  I couldn’t help but interrupt. “Oh, Hon. Now they know!” The class chuckled a neither-is-our-marriage-perfect kind of chuckle. Why do we behave as if we expect our marriages t