I was sitting in a
restaurant recently reading Paul David Tripp's book, Dangerous
Calling, when I became aware of a conversation taking place in the booth behind
me. A women was telling her friend that her husband of over 35 years had
committed adultery and wanted a divorce.
The context of this
discussion amazed me. While I was reading Tripp's warning to pastors to guard
their hearts, I could not avoid the on-going discussion between these two
friends about a marriage disintegrating due to marital infidelity.
My heart ached as I
overheard this woman agonize over the sale of their home and the financial
issues surrounding their imminent divorce.
What should she tell
their adult children? What about family events during the Christmas season?
What about her anger towards her husband and the other woman? Should she go for
counseling?
I left the restaurant
feeling a mixture of sorrow and an upset stomach. When you are in your late
fifties you should be enjoying your grandchildren, not preparing for the demise
of your marriage.
How does a couple
married for over thirty five years get to that place? How does a man in his
sixties get off track and enter into an adulterous relationship with a woman
other than his wife?
As Paul David Tripp
reminds us in Dangerous Calling, it is always possible when we
don't guard our hearts.
I am thankful for that
dinner because even we who are in ministry need that dangerous reminder.
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