The best marriages I've seen are not those that never fight or disagree. Instead, it is those that walk daily in forgiveness. They are not performance-based relationships but ones where the individual realizes that not only did they marry a sinner but their spouse married one, too! They acknowledge the short-comings in the other, accept them and live in that constant state of forgiveness.
The devotional today speaks of that darkness within each one of us. I'm not saying that the silver bullet is to say, "Well, nobody's perfect. . .to err is human. . .boys will be boys" and simply accept it. I'm saying that much like the "perfect" marriage, the perfect relationship with God is one not based on performance but one based on forgiveness.
God's not going to love you more or less depending on your gift to The Master's Plan. That would be performance-based. Instead, whether it is within a marriage or within our relationship with God, grace is found in being love--warts and all.
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