Anchored

In one of his books on marriage, Douglas Wilson writes,

When men fall away from the Lord, they do so for all kinds of reasons–money, career, a woman, sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. But when women fall away from the Lord, invariably there is a man involved” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. 75).

I would add my own observation to this: when a husband wrecks his marriage for another woman, there is greater hope for the marriage to be restored than if the wife wrecks her marriage for another man. Here why I think this is so: men typically stray for something physical, while women typically stray for something relational. It’s much easier to undo the physical than the relational. I’ve seen many marriages restored after the husband strays; I’ve seen very few marriages restored after the wife strays.