Many times one of the partners, like Charlie, will justify unfaithfulness by the other’s lack of safety. “Well, if she hadn’t been so critical, I wouldn’t have had to turn to someone else for love.” Or, a wife who has an affair will say, “Well, it wouldn’t have happened if he had been meeting my needs.” Nothing is further from the truth. An act of unfaithfulness is something that one person does, not two. As the Bible says of God, “If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). God does not become unfaithful if we do not love him correctly. He
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