Guys. This is your article. This is hands down one of the best articles I have ever read on the subject of Infidelity and how it can happen to a faithful member. I would love for this article to get more traction out there, it is simply something we all must understand. I would share it with newlyweds and long-marrieds alike. When I found it, I sobbed. I wished I would have read this years ago.
I have said it before, and I will continue to hit this concept home: It can can happen to anyone. It can happen to you.
I was raised a member. My husband served a full-time mission honorably. We married in the temple. He served in the Bishopric, I served in Stake callings. I read my scriptures each night. I watched all sessions of conference. Somehow, I relaxed with this knowledge. I thought it meant I was safe. I thought it meant we were invincible when it came to such evil.
Satan is a lot of things, but stupid he is not. I cannot imagine there are many who walk out of their house and think, “I am going to betray all my values and destroy my family today.” That’s just not how it works. You hear the stories of the Bishop who ran off with the Relief Society president. If you’re like me, you probably thought how in the world does that happen?
This article tells you exactly how. In fact, it is basically the textbook timeline to what happened to my husband and his affair partner, who also considered herself an active member. It can be painful to read, but it is valuable. I have also took the suggestions in this article and incorporated it into my own life. I was so touched by this article that I bought the book by the author, H. Wallace Goddard.
“Satan is subtle. And we are all vulnerable.
A good friend taught me a lot about the subtle process that Satan uses. She is an earnest, married Latter-day Saint. She caught me at a social gathering to tell me of a great friendship she had developed with a man in her ward. She and he enjoyed great discussions about the gospel. Sometimes he called her from work. Occasionally they met downtown for lunch. He bought her little gifts. She told me how much she enjoyed her companionship with the man. I was worried. Then she told me how good the man was with children . . . and how she wished her husband would be as sensitive. Then I knew.” — article continues here
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