Beware the Bitterness of Backsliding

that they have no desire to search the Bible
and come into close relationship with God.
Satan knows just what elements he has to deal
with, and he displays his infernal wisdom in
various devices to entrap souls to their ruin.
He watches every step that is taken, and makes
many suggestions, and often these suggestions
are followed rather than the counsel of God’s
Word. This finely woven, dangerous net is
skillfully prepared to entangle the young
and unwary. {Fundamentals of Christian
Education, page 103}
Wow. I was not “young and unwary” but “older and
cautious.” Yet, I was still ensnared! Listening to one old
love song (“just for old times’ sake”) opened my mind to
the bad spirits that inspired the music. Even though the
former beau and I had nothing in common anymore, our
illicit past drew us back to each other and blinded my
eyes to the many warnings and counsels.
“Satan is busily engaged in influencing those
who are wholly unsuited to each other to
unite their interests.” {Messages to Young
People, page 455}
Though determined to “take things slow,” we went from
friends to fiancés to finished in 5 months. Because he
claimed to love me for 30+ years, I didn’t want to hurt
him. How could I possibly shun such “undying love”? I
had put his feelings over God. Tragic. But the enemy
kept whispering that I was doing the right thing by being
the good woman my friend needed in order to make
him a better man. But I am not the Savior. And, as
the saying goes: “The road to hell is paved with good
intentions.”