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The subject of marriage and infidelity is a difficult subject to deal with, especially within the "church". I would like to share what I have learned over the years through God’s Word and as an "aged woman".

 A close friend of mine related this story to me. Several weeks ago, on a popular evening newsmagazine show, they produced a segment on adulterous affairs. This show had three women as guests in one segment. One was a very beautiful professional model, one a professional business woman, and the last a "stay at home" wife and mother. A question was posed to the "interactive" audience; which of these women do you think would be most likely to have an extra marital affair? There was also a panel of "experts", psychologists, social workers, counselors, etc., who were also asked this same question. The answer was given and was a shock not only to the person moderating this segment, but to the "experts", the audience and my friend who was watching that night. The woman most likely to have an adulterous affair was the "stay at home" wife and mother. 

WOW. I would like for you to consider WHY the stay at home wife and mother was the answer while you read this article. Was she bored? Did she have too much contact with the "outside" world? Was she mad, lonely, depressed, vengeful, stupid or just plain immoral??? I would like to share some thoughts I had written MONTHS ago.....long before this show ran, or was probably ever concieved.

We women know we have more emotions than men and are sometimes controlled by these emotions. It seems in the "courting" years of our lives, we are very emotional creatures. We have all been told that "opposites attract". That saying has been borne out in my own marriage. I am a very dramatic, spontaneous, loud person. I have prayed for God to give me that "meek and gentle spirit"....unfortunately, I think he gave it to me on the inside, not the outside. My husband is a very quiet, introspective, not given to ANY display of emotions, analytical man.  I KNOW without a doubt that God put us together, although there have been times I was SURE God made a mistake. I DID pray about Scott before I married him, even before I dated him. My life had already been a shambles due to hasty decisions made without seeking God’s will for my life, and I was determined, with God’s help, to NOT make some of the same mistakes over again.    Even just before the ceremony, I pleaded with God to give me a sign whether I should go through with this or not, and guess what happened? The sun began shining after an entire night of rain.   

My husband and I have been through MUCH trial these first ten years, and I am sure there will be more trials during the next ten years. One of the things I get SO frustrated with is his inability to share something with me on any emotional level. I think this is where Satan can come in and allow OTHER men, other THINGS, even in the name of the Lord, to come in and take away our devotion to our husbands.

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