Everyone Cheats!
I once heard a saying "some form of infidelity is inevitable" and it got me thinking.
Is cheating only considered cheating when acted upon? Is it a thought or an action?
The Bible says (paraphrasing) if you think it, it's as good as doing it ............ right.
So in that vain, is it safe to say everyone cheats/has cheated and my opening statement about infidelity is correct. If so should we be having a different discussion on cheating?/
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Cheating towards the Bigger Question
ReplyDeleteIn my view, in order to properly designate a thought or an action as cheating the term must be defined. So what is cheating exactly? Without the definition it renders one to float into an abyss of questions: Is cheating a physical act alone? If so how many times does this act have to be done before it’s considered cheating? Is it a kiss or an extended hug? Am I cheating by simply envisioning a romantic exchange? To avoid these multitude of scenarios I decided to have an all-encompassing definition of cheating....well at least attempt to one, here goes!
Cheating is prompting your significant other into questioning your motives with another partner/entity. Immediately one would ask them self, so you’re saying cheating is determined by whom I’m dating alone? By significant other I'm also including your relationship with Christ. So in essence this definition aligns with your partner's response to your action/thought and the action weighed based on the word of God. So with this in mind, it leads to the question prompted by this blog- Has everyone at one point cheated?
The answer is yes.........the bigger question, does this really matter and how should it impact my relationship with my significant other? Cheating in any form is simply a sin and last time I checked man is not immune to its grip but because of God’s Grace we able to repent and have our relation with Christ reestablished. What makes this topic difficult to discuss relates to our mere human limitations: we all have our levels of acceptance of cheating. Christ is resolute: a sin is a sin regardless if the cheating is recognized as mere thought but He is also forgiving regardless of the physical act committed. We humans tend not to be as definite. Essentially we must ask ourselves what level of cheating am I willing to accept then forgive and how will I allow this to affect my relationship with my significant other and God.