Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri ): The Woman Taken in Adultery
2 Samuel 11 and 12 and Psalm 51
Sin and Parable – Part III
You do not delight in sacrifice or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
The damage that happens when lust takes someone over is uncountable. So many people suffer. There are more than just we two . . . just we three . . . just we four, five, six . . . Yet so many people today laugh this kind of betrayal away.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
The anger that is manifested by all parties in an adulterous relationship is often ignored. Society tends to sympathize with the “loyal” spouse left at home when the “wayward” spouse beds another. Yet psychologists tell us that both parties are culpable, that an intimate relationship outside of marriage is a statement about that marriage. There is no truth there. There is no honesty there. There is no one there.
Enter the word adultery into the blog search bar and explore the effects this level of betrayal have on our body, mind and soul.
Image from: https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/251-300/the-woman-taken-in-adultery/
Adapted from a reflection written on February 13, 2008.
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