Are You Cheating On Your Spouse?

Are you cheating on your spouse? I am sure many people reading this are thinking,"No! Of course not! I would never!". But fidelity does not include just the act of physical being with someone else that is not your spouse. It is much more than just sleeping with someone else, it can also include being emotionally involved with someone else. The moment you start to turn to someone of the opposite sex for your problems or start to picture what it would be like to be with someone else, that is when you have crossed the line into infidelity. Satan wants to tell us that our lives are mundane and that the chores of everyday life are not fulfilling enough for us so we need something more.  The quote," The grass is greener... on the side of the fence you water!". I love this quote!! When life starts to become a routine, it is easy to think what it would be like on the other side. But these thoughts are what Satan wants us to think and that is slippery slope that we take. Lusting for anyone that is not your spouse, should be immediately recognized and stopped.

How can we make sure that do not fall into Satan's trap? Each marriage needs to have boundaries. There needs to be guidelines and rules step up so there is not a question of what to do if someone does happen. I know some couples will never try to be alone with a member of the opposite sex. Whether this is driving in the car, or going out to lunch, just anytime that they can control where they are alone with them. Dr. Shirley Glass relates infidelity in a marriage to walls and windows. She says," In an extramarital affair, people put walls in their own marriage and open the window to others outside the marriage. Instead, we must know how to put up walls to protect our marriages from outside influences and open the window of low and communication within our marriage." Satan is going to try to ruin our celestial marriage so that is why it is so important to build those walls to protect our marriages.