Our session is on rebuilding a marriage after betrayal. Our focus in terms of a case topic will be adultery, but I want to be able to say that the principles we’re going to talk about apply to all sorts of betrayal. We’ll try to give a couple of applications along the way as well. In fact, let me say right up front that I’ve listed in Appendix 3 of your notes some passages about violence that I think we need to take to heart very seriously and apply to domestic violence as counselors.
There are at least two ways to respond to betrayal.
Here’s one possible way:
I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seats
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
I slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats
That’s one way. Not our way in the ACBC world. Here’s another way. I’ll call her Tanya, the wife of a pastor, who said, “If you had told me one year earlier when my husband’s affair was uncovered that we
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