Live long enough and you will learn this lesson: Anyone could do
anything in certain circumstances. Just as bad people do bad things,
sometimes good people do bad things; not just "minor" bad things, such
as the proverbial white lie, but major things.
Including infidelity.
Presidents, governors, athletes, religious leaders, and a mass of others have been caught breaking their marriage vows. Research indicates men still outpace women in unfaithfulness, but if trends continue, that won't be for much longer. Nearly as many wives stray as husbands.
Surprised?
Why?
Except for same-gender liaisons, affairs involve at least one man AND one woman. If you carry the illusion that most flings involve a married man and a single woman, you're behind the times. Married women also stray for myriad reasons. With increased mobility, increased communication technology, the explosion of social interaction websites such as Facebook, and a number of other things we don't have time to discuss, married women are presented with opportunities for temptation unheard of only fifty years ago. If those women are unhappy, disrespected, ignored, or emotionally abandoned, they become susceptible to temptation.
Maybe you heard a preacher quote 1 Corinthians 10:12. Maybe life itself taught you its message: If you think you're above temptation, watch out. I like the way The Message renders it, "Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else."
Source: Crosswalk.com | Joe Beam
Joe Beam founded LovePath International, a marriage ministry that enriches and saves marriages, even when one spouse doesn't want to continue in the relationship. For information on Joe's seminar that saves marriages even in cases of affairs, anger, dishonesty, loss of passion and other issues.
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