More than all else that is to be guarded, safeguard your heart.—Prov. 4:23.
In today’s debased moral climate, many people “have eyes full of adultery and [are] unable to desist from sin.” (2 Pet. 2:14) They willfully pursue romantic relationships outside of marriage. In some lands a large number of women have entered the workforce, and the gender mix has created fertile soil for improper office romances to develop. Then, too, Internet chat rooms have made it easy for even the most timid of individuals to strike up intimate friendships online. Many married people fall into such traps without realizing what is happening to them. Truly, “the heart is more treacherous than anything else and is desperate.” (Jer. 17:9) How essential it is, therefore, that all, married or single, give serious thought to the admonition found in today’s text! w06 9/15 2:4, 6
