Recipe for happy marriage: never forgive, never forget

The above was a newspaper heading at the weekend. Apparently a study has shown that if a spouse is too forgiving, the other partner will take advantage and continue or escalate their wrongdoing.

It made me so thankful that my bridegroom, the Lord Jesus, doesn't treat me like that.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1 v 9)