Amanda is a wife of 15 years, mother of 4 children (ages 2 to 10), and the author of YOU CAN HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY - Steps to Enjoying Your Marriage and Children.
Amanda is sharing a blog post with us today titled -
Flee
From Adultery
My husband is a straight forward, tell you like it is, man. I've always admired that about him. There is no sugar coating with him. If you are doing something wrong, he'll tell you.
Recently, my husband’s co-worker, who is married, showed my husband an explicit email he received from his ex-girlfriend. His co-worker proudly showed it off, implying: “Isn't that cool?”
Of course, my husband didn't hold back his opinion. "Are you crazy?" my husband yelled, while reminding him about his wife and children.
A few days later, my husband overheard his co-worker whispering on the phone at his desk. My husband knew he was talking to that woman. So he started sending him warning messages that popped up on his computer.
"Run!" he wrote. "Flee from it!" he warned. "Don't throw away your family" he reminded him. My husband then wrote a message illustrating this man’s family as the light and the girl as the darkness, while admonishing him to choose the light.
After the man got off the phone, he came up to my husband and thanked him, with gratitude, for snapping him back to reality. This man is a non-believer, but he surprisingly acknowledged Jesus in my husband for showing him the light.
Later that evening, my husband received a call from his co-worker's wife. Though she wasn't too happy with her husband, she was thankful my husband stopped him. She was grateful my husband didn't sit back and silently watch her husband as he was led astray by the seductive words of his ex-girlfriend.
“With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk. All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.” —Proverbs 7:21-23
I am so proud of my husband for not keeping silent. I praise him for using godly wisdom and fighting for that family.
"Brothers, if someone is caught in sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently." —Galatians 6:1
If
you are "flirting" around with temptation today, flee from it! Run
and don't look back! The more this man "flirted" with the temptation,
the more it blinded him from reality. If God hadn't used my husband to be the
voice of reason, I'm sure he would have fallen into the deadly trap that would
have cost him his family.
"Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins man commits are outside the body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body." —1 Corinthians 6:18
"Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins man commits are outside the body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body." —1 Corinthians 6:18
Here is an excerpt from her book "You Can Have A Happy Family" - Chapter Three (The Real Enemy – Out to Destroy Your
Family)
We’re not perfect. God will always make a way out
when we fall. There may be consequences for what we’ve done, but God is able to
work them out for the good of our families if we turn to Him. Psalm 103:10 says
that God does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our
iniquities. Verse 14 says that God knows how we were
formed. He remembers we are dust. This means God knows we are going to make
mistakes. It’s our nature.
God can take the consequences that come from the
wrong choices we make and use those to teach us. When we allow God to teach us
through our consequences, we learn and grow from our mistakes. God uses the
consequences to open our eyes and lead us to where we need to be. Like I said
earlier, in my marriage, God used my consequences to open my eyes to see I was
searching in the wrong direction. It was not where I wanted to go.
I praise God He was imploring me to turn to Him
instead of abandoning me in my mess. I know I deserved more consequences than I
received. I praise God I didn’t turn away from His warnings because I know I
would be in a heap of a mess today. Instead, I am set free from sin and have a
transformed family.
Amanda Beth is the author of You Can Have a Happy Family – Steps to Enjoying Your Marriage and Children (available at: Amazon & Barnes & Noble ). She has experienced a transformation in her life and marriage since she surrendered her heart to Christ ten years ago. She now passionately desires to help other individuals and families find healing in Christ. Her teachings on marriage and spiritual growth can be found on her website (amandabeth.net) and her blog (sharingtruths.com).
Deborah is the
author of a Christian non-fiction book titled “Mission Possible”. It is written for women who love the Lord
Jesus, but their spouse doesn’t share their passion. It will encourage and challenge the reader to
embrace God’s promises for their spouse and future together. Visit
