Recently I watched a movie that had been highly recommended to me, "How to Make an American Quilt." The movie was very absorbing (chick flick!) but its every character either cheated on his/her wife or husband or was cheated on. Even the heroine, a young, unmarried woman, cheated on her fiance. All the cheating arrangements consisted in physical intimacy.
The repercussions from all this cheating were extreme suffering on the part of the victims. Most were forgiven, although it took some nearly a lifetime to come to this forgiveness. It shows that a cheating episode has 'waves' of pain which hurt everyone in the family, friends, and community.
Could it be that any one of us has not personally known a cheater, witnessed a neighbor or co-worker in the act of cheating? It would be good if every one of us had a clear conscience, that we had never cheated on our own spouses! Surely, the aftermath of all cheating episodes is so painful, that any amount of pleasure with a non-spouse could never compensate!
In order to number this blog on a series, I had to look back through past blogs. It had been a long time I blogged about this sort of relationship. For other cheating situations, you may check out these past blogs: #1: Cheaters, Number One, July 2, 2013; #2: Cheaters, Number Two, July 3, 2013; #3: The See-Saws: Cheaters, September 2, 2013; #4: The Tale of Two Cheating Women, September 4, 2013; and #5: It Takes Two to Cheat but. . ., September 9, 2013.
Lord, we know in our brains that cheating is wrong, wrong, wrong! You told us that even 'coveting' another's spouse or goods is wrong. Yet you also promised that you would give us the strength to resist every temptation. Help us always do this, Lord!
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