No commitment to one another. Just sex. When a couple actually starts to get emotionally involved in their sexual relationship, the next temptation is to go ahead and live together.
It just feels so right to make the move. Why not, right? Things will probably remain warm and fuzzy for at least a few months or a few years. A report by the journal Demography found that one-half of all couples that live together call it quits within a year, and a whopping 90 percent break up within five years. The sexual excitement wears off. It had a ton of intense emotion and vigorous feelings of infatuation, but that all fizzled out in a matter of time.
This leaves both partners feeling empty, discouraged, disappointed, hurt and perhaps longing more than ever for something real and lasting with a soul mate. Ah, there is the missing link.
There is within each of us this longing for something more than just a physical or emotional relationship. We desire to have our emotional and sexual connection reach all the way down to the level of our soul. After all, He created these bodies. He knows exactly how we were designed to operate and how we can find fulfillment, joy and satisfaction at every level of our existence. The truth is that God made sex and He made it for man and woman to enjoy with one another in marriage. If you are currently living with your sexual partner, the clock is ticking.
Which one of you will be the first to become tired of your arrangement in the upcoming months or years? That is why these relationships never end well. Just confess your sin to Christ and ask Him to give you a new heart as you move in a new direction. But God is there to help you. Just ask Him to be your strength in the midst of these unrelenting desires.
