Relationships are tough. It can take a lifetime to encounter a person who has that natural combination of physical, psychological, moral, and lifestyle compatibility that matches your own. Too many times, we find someone with deal breakers we cannot and should not ignore. But none of us is perfect, and therefore, none of our romantic partners ever will be. Not even "perfect for me" perhaps.
But I guess that's what love is. You learn to accept your partner's shortcomings, flaws, and imperfections. You choose to love them anyway. And if we're honest with ourselves, they are doing the same for us when they love us.
Forgiving and accepting another person's mistakes can be difficult, especially when you have been hurt by them. But it takes an honest person to admit that they have made their own share of mistakes and have done their share of hurting others as well. Because my faith has grown over the course of my life, I am more and more aware of the fact that I am a flawed human being in need of forgiveness. I am not always easy to love or easy to live with. God loves me anyway. As I've come to accept that and truly believe it, it diminishes my human inclination to judge or even cast out other flawed people in my life.
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