marriage

lately i've been coming across ladies who r having affair.. it really saddens me that nowadays not only married men r having affairs but married ladies too.. last sun during our discussion on ephesians we discussed a few pictures of the church (us christians), one of it including the church as the bride..

"Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless" eph5:24-27

how this beautiful picture of our relationship with God has been corrupted when married ppl commit adultery.. if it saddens us as observers, imagine how devastating it must be for God to c his bride straying away from him after all he has done to make us radiant and beautiful.. sad to say, all of us r adulterers 1 way or another but yet like the story in hosea, God still says "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes." hos3:1

cant do anything else but to be in awe of our gracious n merciful God ya?